James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of
History Emeritus at Princeton University. He has published numerous
volumes on the Civil War, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning
Battle Cry of Freedom, Crossroads of Freedom (which was a New York
Times bestseller), Abraham Lincoln and the Second American
Revolution, and For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil
War, which won the Lincoln
Prize.
"I think the world of Jim McPherson. When people ask me which
historians' writing today they should read, I always recommend Jim,
as a writer and as an historian." --David McCullough, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author of 1776 and John Adams
"A gem. Beautifully written, it is clear, concise, and correct.
This is the best, very brief, biography of our sixteenth president
ever written." --David Herbert Donald, Pulitzer Prize-winning
author of Lincoln
"Abraham Lincoln at last has found his best short biography. Jim
McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian, brings his
vast knowledge and lucid writing to an illumination of the life of
America's most revered President. McPherson touches more Lincoln
bases than any reader might reasonably expect, winning a
well-deserved accolade that less is truly more." --Ronald C. White,
Jr., author of A. Lincoln: A Biography
"James McPherson's Abraham Lincoln should be read by every
American, indeed by every person the world over, who wants to
understand the preeminent American president. McPherson's
biography--brief, analytical, beautifully written--encompasses the
whole of Lincoln's life. In but a few hours, every reader of this
remarkable, short book can know the major moments in the rise of
Lincoln-- from a poor boy on the western frontier to one of the
world's
greatest statesmen."--Lewis Lehrman, author of Lincoln at Peoria: A
Turning Point and founder of the Lincoln Institute
"This little book is bigger than its pages and should be in every
library, schoolhouse, and home as a bicentennial birthday present
to ourselves to remind us why Lincoln does indeed 'belong to the
ages."--Library Journal
"Crisply written and judiciously compact, James M. McPherson's new
book is an invaluable contribution--an authoritative biography of
Abraham Lincoln that can be read at a single sitting."--Douglas L.
Wilson, Lincoln Prize-winning author of Lincoln's Sword: The
Presidency and the Power of Words
"McPherson knows how to cut to the heart of a man and his times."
--Journal of Southern History
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