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A biography of American writer Thomas Wolfe by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. With complete access to all his papers, Donald describes Wolfe's life, his affair with Aline Bernstein and his controversial relations with his editors, particularly Maxwell Perkins.

The phenomenal national bestseller that is "the Lincoln biography for this generation" (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.)--now in paperback. Drawing on resources not available until recently--including Lincoln's personal papers, archives, and newspaper reports--two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald presents a masterful account of Lincoln's rise to the presidency and the political and personal challenges he faced while in office.

The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Lincoln" and two-time PulitzerPrize winner continues his look at the 16th president with this brilliant andilluminating portrait of Lincoln's life as seen through the eyes of Lincoln'sclosest friends. of photos.

Focusing on the political, military, economic, social, and diplomatic reasons behind the Union victory, this collection presents the most complete picture of this key aspect of Civil War studies. In an essay new to this edition, Henry Steele Commager offers a historiographical overview of the collapse of the Confederacy. Richard N. Current describes the economic superiority of the North and shows how the civilian resources of the South were di...

?The author has made a careful and meaningful analysis of the actions of the Congresses and presents much of this material in table, graph, and chart form. Each faction and division within the factions, thus is clearly delineated. . . . Historians of this period--and others--would be well advised to take note of Donald's approach.?-Library Journal

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By the acclaimed two-time Pulitzer prize winner, author of the definitive "Lincoln, " a beautifully packaged and affordable portrait of the Lincolns at home in the White House.

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln biographer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, has revised and updated his classic and influential book on Lincoln and the era he dominated.When Lincoln Reconsidered was first published it ushered in the process of rethinking the Civil War that continues to this day. In the third edition, David provides two important new essays, on Lincoln's patchy education—which we find was more extensive than even the great man r...