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Donald, David Herbert was born on October 1, 1920 in Goodman, Mississippi, United States. Son of Ira Unger and Sue Ella (Belford) Donald.
(The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Lincoln" a...)
The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Lincoln" and two-time PulitzerPrize winner continues his look at the 16th president with this brilliant andilluminating portrait of Lincoln's life as seen through the eyes of Lincoln'sclosest friends. of photos.
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(The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was one of the most contro...)
The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was one of the most controversial and far-reaching legislative measures ever enacted by an American Congress. The political motivations behind it, and other legislation regarding slavery, confiscation of Confederate property, Negro voting, and the readmission of the Southern states, have not been easy to define. David Donald uses the latest techiques of behavioral science, especially roll-call analysis, to suggest that a congressman's strength in his diestrict usually determined whether he voted with the radicals, moderates, or conservatives in the Republican Party.
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(A very nice survey of beautifully reproduced images--most...)
A very nice survey of beautifully reproduced images--mostly photos--from the American Civil War. Many of the captions are based on eyewitness accounts or original letters. Edited with text by David Donald; picture editing by Hirst Milhollen and Milton Kaplan; captions edited by Milhollen, Kaplan, and Hulen Stuart. 464 pages; profusely illustrated with full- and half-page b&w photos and illustrations; 8.5 x 11.5 inches.
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( Charles Sumner (1811–1874), U.S. Senator from Massachus...)
Charles Sumner (1811–1874), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for two decades, was an ardent abolitionist; a founder of the Republican Party; chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1861 to 1871; chief of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War and Reconstruction; Lincoln's friend and, later, Grant's nemesis; as well as an advocate for universal equality, international peace, women's suffrage, and educational and prison reform. This edition combines for the first time Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War and Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man into one monumental biography that brings into brilliant focus the character and impact of one of the most controversial and enduring forces in American history.
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(David Herbert Donald, Lincoln biographer and winner of th...)
David Herbert Donald, Lincoln biographer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, has revised and updated his classic and influential book on Lincoln and the era he dominated. When Lincoln Reconsidered was first published it ushered in the process of rethinking the Civil War that continues to this day. In the third edition, David provides two important new essays, on Lincoln's patchy education—which we find was more extensive than even the great man realized—and on Lincoln's complex and conflicted relationship to the rule of law. Together with a new preface and a thoroughly updated bibliographical essay, Lincoln Reconsidered will continue to be a touchstone of Lincoln scholarship for decades to come.
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(The Great Republic aims to narrate and interpret American...)
The Great Republic aims to narrate and interpret American history around a central structure of several overarching themes: the reconciling of majority and minority interests in governing the body politic; the relations between America and the outer world; and the role of ideas in shaping American society and institutions.
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(This memoir of the Civil War is written by a private sold...)
This memoir of the Civil War is written by a private soldier who was both an adept primitive artist and a natural writer. The document is illustrated with drawings by the author and was found in a Pennsylvania attic in 1963, along with a companion volume of letters written by the same man. At the age of 15 he enlisted in the Fifth New Jersey Infantry, saw action in many of the important Virginian campaigns with the Army of the Potomac and was wounded at Chancellorsville.
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(The Civil War & Reconstruction covers American history of...)
The Civil War & Reconstruction covers American history of beginning of the new world, through the Civil War and ends with the Grant Era and the end of the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War.
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(The Puliter-Prize winning classic and national bestseller...)
The Puliter-Prize winning classic and national bestseller returns! In this brilliant biography—a Pulitzer Prize—winning national bestseller—David Herbert Donald, Harvard professor emeritus, traces Sumner's life as the nation careens toward civil war. In a period when senators often exercised more influence than presidents, Senator Charles Sumner was one of the most powerful forces in the American government and remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. His uncompromising moral standards made him a lightning rod in an era fraught with conflict. Sumner's fight to end slavery made him a hero in the North and stirred outrage in the South. In what has been called the first blow of the Civil War, he was physically attacked by a colleague on the Senate floor. Unwavering and arrogant, Sumner refused to abandon the moral high ground, even if doing so meant the onslaught of the nation's most destructive war. He used his office and influence to transform the United States during the most contentious and violent period in the nation's history. Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War presents a remarkably different view of our bloodiest war through an insightful reevaluation of the man who stood at its center. "A truly perceptive study." American Heritage "Few books can be recommended wholeheartedly to the specialist and the general reader alike. This one can." New York Times Book Review "Full of Donald's unparalleled knowledge and provocative interpretations." James M. McPherson, New York Times Book Review
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( A unique history of Lincoln's political rise, presidenc...)
A unique history of Lincoln's political rise, presidency, and death as reported by the nation's most respected newspaper, with introductions and additional perspectives from two eminent Lincoln historians The New York Times closely covered the political career and presidency of Abraham Lincoln: his political rise, the early years of his presidency, the Civil War, and his assassination and its aftermath--perhaps our nation's most critical and dramatic presidency. Lincoln in the Times includes coverage of the major events in Lincoln's political life, such as his campaign, his surprising election, and his inaugurals; the State of the Union addresses, the Gettysburg Address, and the Emancipation Proclamation; the assassination and funeral. Edited and with introductions and supporting text by David Herbert Donald and Harold Holzer, the book contains vintage photographs and illustrations of Lincoln and others close to him, in the White House and on the battlefields that he visited.
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( "We Are Lincoln Men" examines the significance of frie...)
"We Are Lincoln Men" examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in his presidency. Though Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintances and dozens of admirers, he had almost no intimate friends. Behind his mask of affability and endless stream of humorous anecdotes, he maintained an inviolate reserve that only a few were ever able to penetrate. In this highly original book, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald examines, for the first time, these close friendships and explores their role in shaping Lincoln's career. "We Are Lincoln Men" shows how Lincoln's experiences as a boy growing up in frontier Indiana made it hard for him to develop warm, supportive relationships later in life. Not until 1837, when he met Joshua Fry Speed, with whom he shared a room and bed for the next four years, did he learn the real meaning of friendship. These two young men confided everything to each other, and they even helped each other as they diffidently sought brides. After Speed returned to Kentucky, Lincoln developed a close relationship with his younger law partner, William H. Herndon. He became Herndon's mentor and hero, and Herndon's idealization of him satisfied one of Lincoln's basic psychological needs. When he was elected President, Lincoln had no close personal friends in Washington until Illinois Senator Orville H. Browning arrived. Browning became his confidant and, under Lincoln's skillful guidance, served as his strongest supporter in Congress. This useful friendship dissolved when the two men disagreed over emancipation, and Browning became further alienated when Lincoln three times passed over the opportunity to name him to the United States Supreme Court. In his greatest triumph of friendship, Lincoln won over his powerful, opinionated Secretary of State, William H. Seward, who thought he was better qualified than the President for his job. With psychological insight and charm, Lincoln gained Seward's friendship and secured his loyal support. Lincoln's closest, and most genuine, friendships while he was in the White House were with his private secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay. Always at his best when dealing with young men, he served as a role model, and they, in effect, were his surrogate family. He won their devotion, and they became his most ardent supporters and, ultimately, his official biographers. Professor Donald's remarkable book offers a fresh way of looking at Abraham Lincoln, both as a man who needed friendship and as a leader who understood the importance of friendship in the management of men. Donald penetrates Lincoln's mysterious reserve to offer a new picture of the President's inner life and to explain his unsurpassed political skills.
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Donald, David Herbert was born on October 1, 1920 in Goodman, Mississippi, United States. Son of Ira Unger and Sue Ella (Belford) Donald.
Student, Holmes Junior College, 1939. AB, Millsaps College, 1941. Doctor of Humane Letters, Millsaps College, 1976.
AM, University Illinois, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1946. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Illinois, 1992.
Master of Arts (honorary), University Oxford, 1959. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1973. Doctor of Letters (honorary), College Charleston, 1985.
Doctor in History, Lincoln University, 1996. Doctor of Humane Letters, University Calgary, 2000. Doctor of Laws, Illinois College, 2002.
Doctor of Letters, Middlebury College, 2003.
Teaching fellow, U. North Carolina, 1942;
research assistant history, University of Illinois, 1943-1945;
research associate, University of Illinois, 1946-1947;
fellow, Social Science Research Council, 1945-1946;
instructor history, Columbia University, 1947-1949;
associate professor of history, Smith College, 1949-1951;
assistant professor of history, Columbia University Graduate Faculty, 1951-1952;
associate professor, Columbia University Graduate Faculty, 1952-1957;
professor of history, Columbia University Graduate Faculty, 1957-1959;
professor of history, Princeton University, 1959-1962;
professor American history, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1962-1973;
Harry C. Black professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1963-1973;
director Institute Southern History,, Johns Hopkins University, 1966-1972;
Charles Warren professor American history and professor American civilization, Harvard University, 1973-1991;
professor emeritus, Harvard University, since 1991;
chairman graduate program in American civilization, Harvard University, 1979-1985. Visiting associate professor Amherst College, 1950. Fulbright lecturer American history U. College North Wales, 1953-1954.
Member Institute Advanced Study, 1957-1958. Harmsworth professor American history University of Oxford, 1959-1960. John P. Young lecturer Memphis State University, 1963.
Walter Lynwood Fleming lecturer Louisiana State University, 1965. Benjamin Rush lecturer American Psychiatric Association, 1972. Commonwealth lecturer University College, London, 1975.
Samuel Paley lecturer Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1991.
( A unique history of Lincoln's political rise, presidenc...)
(The Great Republic aims to narrate and interpret American...)
(The Puliter-Prize winning classic and national bestseller...)
(The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Lincoln" a...)
(The Civil War & Reconstruction covers American history of...)
(David Herbert Donald, Lincoln biographer and winner of th...)
(A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David H...)
(The Reconstruction Act of 1867 was one of the most contro...)
( "We Are Lincoln Men" examines the significance of frie...)
(This memoir of the Civil War is written by a private sold...)
(A very nice survey of beautifully reproduced images--most...)
(Book by Bernard Bailyn, Robert Dallek, David Brion Davis,...)
(The Crisis of Popular Government 1830-1890. From Front Fl...)
( Charles Sumner (1811–1874), U.S. Senator from Massachus...)
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Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Organization American Historians, American History Association, Southern History Association (vice president 1968, president 1969), Society of America Historians, Massachusetts History Society, American Antiquarian Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard (New York City).
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Married Aida DiPace, 1955. 1 son, Bruce Randall.