A review by thewickedbookworm
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald

5.0

This is the longest audiobook I've read thus far. Frankly, I feel lied to by every American History teacher/professor I've ever had. Lincoln was so much more than the 13th Amendment and so much...less. He may have been a great man, but he was not a great president. His administration was a constant shitstorm, he was not popular, he was not educated (not to say he wasn't intelligent, he was incredibly so, but he knew nothing about politics). He sort of bumbled along in a dignified way. His wife was a terror and his kids were spoiled to high heaven.

There's just so much here that I've never thought of, or never thought to question. I will definitely be reading more presidential history in the coming year.