Has anybody here read any Lincoln biographies?

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<p>Which one would you recommend the most? How does Ronald White Jr’s “A. Lincoln: A Biography” compare to the others?</p>

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<p>My husband read the first 4 volumes of the 7 volume set by Carl Sandburg titled Abraham Lincoln. He enjoyed them.</p>

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<p>DH is a Civil War & Lincoln buff & liked the Ronald White bio. He thought it had new info that wasn’t contained in other bios he’s read.</p>

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<p>In the 7/15/09 *New Republic<a href=“actually,%20it’s%20the%20cover%20story”>/i</a>, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz writes at length about some of the many recent books on Lincoln, including the White bio.</p>

<p>[Who</a> Lincoln Was](<a href=“http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=2634954a-b287-480e-9fbd-8a4663174031]Who”>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=2634954a-b287-480e-9fbd-8a4663174031)</p>

<p>P.S. Many years ago I read the much-praised David Herbert Donald bio and found it very worthwhile. The thing about Lincoln is that he’s so large and complex a figure that no one book seems big enough to contain him.</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Lincoln: David Herbert Donald: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-David-Herbert-Donald/dp/068482535X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247240371&sr=1-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-David-Herbert-Donald/dp/068482535X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247240371&sr=1-1)</p>