Well written biography. Lacking in all policy matters outside of the Civil War though. Would be nice to know more economic policies of Lincoln. ( )

Older work that is still one of the best biographies on Lincoln.

2486 Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas (read 22 Jan 1993) This is considered the best one-volume biography of Lincoln, so I read it. It was published in 1952. I found the chapters on Lincoln's early life absorbing and most enjoyable. The later life has been the subject of so much I have read recently--antebellum years and the Civil War--that it seemed well-trodden territory to me. The book presents a good appreciation of Lincoln, and I concur in its view. An excellent book. ( )

All the things that contributed to the making of a great man; uninsightful and dull ( )

This was a book I found in the bargain bin at Barnes and Noble. I think it does a good job of showing how much of the country's burden Lincoln bore and what courage he displayed. Truly a pheomenal man, and probably our greatest President. ( )