David Herbert Donald is þe auþor of Lincoln, which won þe prestigious Lincoln Prize and was on þe New York Times bestseller list for fourteen weeks, and of Lincoln at Home. He has twice won þe Pulitzer Prize, for Charles Sumner and þe Coming of þe Civil War, and for Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe. He is þe Charles Warren Profeßor of American History and of American Civilization Emeritus at Harvard University and resides in Lincoln, Maßachusetts.
In this brilliant and illuminating portrait of our sixteenth president, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald examines the significance...
...Not many beach reads on his list via MSNBC: 1. “Jerusalem” by Simon Sebag Montefiore 2. “Lincoln” by David Herbert Donald 3. “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius 4. “The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the...
...holidays were likely disappointed. Clinton's five choices -- Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Lincoln by David Herbert Donald, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the...
...Katherine Power (Abrams Image) Bill Clinton's list 1. “Jerusalem” By Simon Sebag Montefiore (Knopf) 2. “Lincoln” By David Herbert Donald (Simon & Schuster) 3. “Meditations” By Marcus Aurelius (Simon & Brown) 4. “The Way of the World: From...
...become embroiled in tough domestic challenges. “He had heard a lecture at the White House by distinguished historian David Herbert Donald, a Lincoln, Civil War expert,” Prof. Dallek said. “At that lecture, Kennedy asked Professor Donald if Lincoln...
...imagination that can see new patterns of meaning in evidence already familiar. In the late 1980s, Harvard Professor David Herbert Donald handed out computer disks to his students, giving them a glimpse of what the future held for historians. He had asked...
...Words: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Press”; Meyer Berger, “The Story of the New York Times, 1851-1951″; David Herbert Donald and Harold Holzer, “Lincoln in the Times; Henry J. Raymond, Disunion and Slavery”; Henry J. Raymond, “The Life...
...4:40 PM ET Morning TV can make for strange bedfellows and Tuesday's (Dec. 20) "Today" gave us an unlikely couple in the former president of the United States, Bill Clinton, and "The Office's" Mindy Kaling.Both authored books in 2011 ("Back to Work" and...
...Not many beach reads on his list via MSNBC: 1. “Jerusalem” by Simon Sebag Montefiore 2. “Lincoln” by David Herbert Donald 3. “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius 4. “The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the...
...holidays were likely disappointed. Clinton's five choices -- Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Lincoln by David Herbert Donald, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Way of the World: From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the...
...Katherine Power (Abrams Image) Bill Clinton's list 1. “Jerusalem” By Simon Sebag Montefiore (Knopf) 2. “Lincoln” By David Herbert Donald (Simon & Schuster) 3. “Meditations” By Marcus Aurelius (Simon & Brown) 4. “The Way of the World: From...
...Katherine Power (Abrams Image) Bill Clinton's list 1. “Jerusalem” By Simon Sebag Montefiore (Knopf) 2. “Lincoln” By David Herbert Donald (Simon & Schuster) 3. “Meditations” By Marcus Aurelius (Simon & Brown) 4. “The Way of the World: From...
...Katherine Power (Abrams Image) Bill Clinton's list 1. “Jerusalem” By Simon Sebag Montefiore (Knopf) 2. “Lincoln” By David Herbert Donald (Simon & Schuster) 3. “Meditations” By Marcus Aurelius (Simon & Brown) 4. “The Way of the World: From...
...on her birthday. He supports many charitable endeavors. He reads inspirational books and recommends presidential biographies. After reading David Herbert Donald's Lincoln (a New York Times best-seller), the Kentucky coach recently tweeted about how his...