John Philip Adams wrote:
> Try these books
> The definitive Lincoln texts are twofold:
> Ward Hill Lamon's original biography of Lincoln and the
> Albert Taylor Bledsoe Treatise.
>
Odd choices indeed. Nothing definitive about either one, as far as
historians are concerned. The bizarre manner in which the Lamon
biography was patched together is detailed in Merrill D. Peterson's
book, /Lincoln in American Memory/. The best one-volume biography is
probably David Herbert Donald, /Lincoln/.
Doug Deal
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