Sublime

he wrote a series of historical essays and was among the first to depict Lincoln as “a towering figure, coping admirably with herculean tasks.” His perceptive diary, which he edited in his last years, remains one of the most valuable sources on the dynamics within the Lincoln administration.

“Abraham Lincoln seems to me the grandest figure yet, on all the crowded canvas of the Nineteenth Century.”

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln BY DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN