Herndon's Lincoln (Knox College Lincoln Studies Center)
Contributors: Douglas L. Wilson (Editor); Rodney O. Davis (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: September 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780252030727
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Historical - U.S; Political; Presidents & Heads of State; Biography & Autobiography / Presidents; United States - 19th Century; 1809-1865; Biography; Lincoln, Abraham,; Presidents; United States
Description: "William H. Herndon aspired to write a faithful portrait of his friend and law partner, Abraham Lincoln, based on his own observations and on hundreds of letters and interviews he had compiled for the purpose. Even more important, he was determined to present Lincoln as a man, rather than a saint, and to reveal things that the prevailing Victorian conventions said should be left out of the biography of a great national hero." "A variety of obstacles kept Herndon from writing his book, however, and not until he found a collaborator in Jesse W. Weik did the biography begin to take shape. It finally appeared in 1889, to decidedly mixed reviews. Though controversial from the outset, Herndon's Lincoln nonetheless established itself as a classic.".

"This new edition restores the original text, includes two chapters added in the revised (1892) edition, and traces the story of how this landmark biography got written. Extensive annotation affords the reader a detailed look at the biography's sources."--BOOK JACKET.