A review by litsirk
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald

4.0

What really interested me about this book: how high and low public/political opinion of Lincoln was in his own lifetime; how even those who thought he was a little dense or misguided granted that he was a kind, honest man; the touching physicality people recorded, the kinds of things you don't think about people doing long, long ago: laying down full-length on his stomach, on the floor, to read a book--putting his feet up on his desk--going for walks with his young sons, holding their hands (SO many mentions of him holding his sons' hands) -- visiting an injured member of his cabinet who couldn't move his head, and laying down next to him on the bed so he could have a face-to-face talk. He had his faults, didn't do everything right, was a man limited by his time's limited perspective...but, all in all, was a very wise and good person.