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href="/wiki/Goodman,_Mississippi" title="Goodman, Mississippi">Goodman, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 17, 2009<span style="display:none">(2009-05-17)</span> (aged 88)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Millsaps_College" title="Millsaps College">Millsaps College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois">University of Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Historian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Biography of Abraham Lincoln</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography" title="Pulitzer Prize for Biography">Pulitzer Prize for Biography</a> (1961, 1988)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Herbert Donald</b> (October 1, 1920 – May 17, 2009) was an American historian, best known for his 1995 biography of <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>. He twice won the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography" title="Pulitzer Prize for Biography">Pulitzer Prize for Biography</a> for earlier works; he published more than 30 books on United States political and literary figures and the history of the American South. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>David Herbert Donald was born in <a href="/wiki/Goodman,_Mississippi" title="Goodman, Mississippi">Goodman, Mississippi</a>, a town in the center of <a href="/wiki/Holmes_County,_Mississippi" title="Holmes County, Mississippi">Holmes County</a>. The county's western border is formed by the <a href="/wiki/Yazoo_River" title="Yazoo River">Yazoo River</a> and it is part of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta. </p><p>Majoring in <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">sociology</a>, Donald earned his bachelor's degree from <a href="/wiki/Millsaps_College" title="Millsaps College">Millsaps College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After earning a master's degree in history (1942) at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-American_Scholars_1974_p._160_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American_Scholars_1974_p._160-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he earned his <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> in 1946<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under eminent Lincoln scholar <a href="/wiki/James_G._Randall" title="James G. Randall">James G. Randall</a> at the same institution. Randall as a mentor influenced Donald's life and career. He encouraged his protégé to write his dissertation on <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>'s law partner, <a href="/wiki/William_Herndon_(lawyer)" title="William Herndon (lawyer)">William Herndon</a>. Donald adapted and published the dissertation as his first book, <i>Lincoln's Herndon</i> (1948).<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTObit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTObit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After completing his doctorate, Donald taught at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a> and, from 1973, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>. He also taught at <a href="/wiki/Smith_College" title="Smith College">Smith College</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="University of North Wales">University of North Wales</a> (on a <a href="/wiki/Fulbright_Program" title="Fulbright Program">Fulbright</a> grant),<sup id="cite_ref-American_Scholars_1974_p._160_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American_Scholars_1974_p._160-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_College_London" title="University College London">University College London</a> and served as Harmsworth Professor of American History at <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a>. At Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Harvard he trained dozens of graduate students, including <a href="/wiki/Heather_Cox_Richardson" title="Heather Cox Richardson">Heather Cox Richardson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_H._Baker" title="Jean H. Baker">Jean H. Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_J._Cooper,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Cooper, Jr.">William J. Cooper, Jr.</a>, Michael Holt, <a href="/wiki/Irwin_Unger" title="Irwin Unger">Irwin Unger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ari_Hoogenboom" title="Ari Hoogenboom">Ari Hoogenboom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_R._John" title="Richard R. John">Richard R. John</a>. </p><p>Donald served as president of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Historical_Association" title="Southern Historical Association">Southern Historical Association</a>. Donald also served on the editorial board for <a href="/wiki/The_Papers_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="The Papers of Abraham Lincoln">the Papers of Abraham Lincoln</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-papers_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-papers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donald was the Charles Warren Professor of American History (<a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> from 1991) at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>. He wrote more than thirty books, including well-received biographies of <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wolfe" title="Thomas Wolfe">Thomas Wolfe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Charles Sumner</a>. He specialized in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a> periods, and in the history of the <a href="/wiki/American_South" class="mw-redirect" title="American South">American South</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_honors">Legacy and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donald received the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography">Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography</a> twice, in 1961 for <i>Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War</i> and in 1988 for <i>Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe.</i> He also received several honorary degrees. </p><p>Donald received the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Achievement" class="mw-redirect" title="American Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a>'s Golden Plate Award in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donald was inducted as a Laureate of <a href="/wiki/The_Lincoln_Academy_of_Illinois" title="The Lincoln Academy of Illinois">The Lincoln Academy of Illinois</a> and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2008 in the area of Communications and Education.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, Donald received The Lincoln Forum's <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nelson_Current" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Nelson Current">Richard Nelson Current</a> Award of Achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his introduction, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sandburg" title="Carl Sandburg">Carl Sandburg</a>, the poet and Lincoln biographer, hailed Donald's first book as the answer to scholars' prayers: "When is someone going to do the life of Bill Herndon. Isn't it about time? Now the question is out." </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_M._Potter" title="David M. Potter">David M. Potter</a>, a Civil War scholar, said that Donald's biography of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Charles Sumner</a> portrayed "Sumner as a man with acute psychological inadequacies" and exposed Sumner's "facade of pompous rectitude." Donald's evenhanded approach to Sumner, Potter concluded, was a model for biographers working with a difficult subject. "If it does not make Sumner attractive [the book] certainly makes him understandable."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?308922-1/qa-aida-donald"><i>Q&A</i> interview with Aida Donald, November 18, 2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Donald lived in <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Massachusetts" title="Lincoln, Massachusetts">Lincoln, Massachusetts</a>, with his wife <a href="/wiki/Aida_DiPace_Donald" title="Aida DiPace Donald">Aida DiPace Donald</a>, who was a historian and author.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTObit_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTObit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife also served as a senior editor and then as editor-in-chief at the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died of <a href="/wiki/Heart_failure" title="Heart failure">heart failure</a> in Boston on May 17, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donald was survived by his wife, his son <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Donald" title="Bruce Donald">Bruce Donald</a> and two granddaughters.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTObit_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTObit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?68638-1/lincoln"><i>Booknotes</i> interview with Donald on <i>Lincoln</i>, December 24, 1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?179321-1/lincoln-men">Presentation by Donald on <i>We Are Lincoln Men</i> at the Chicago Public Library, November 18, 2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><i>Lincoln's Herndon</i> (1948)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861—1865</i> (1952)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Editor, <i>Inside Lincoln's Cabinet: The Civil War Diaries of Salmon P. Chase</i> (1954)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i> Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era</i> (1956, 2nd ed., 1961, 3rd ed., 2001) (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-679-72310-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-679-72310-3">978-0-679-72310-3</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War</i> (1960). Pulitzer Prize-winning scholarly biography to 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Civil War and Reconstruction</i> (1961; 2001) (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-393-97427-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-393-97427-0">978-0-393-97427-0</a>), 2001 edition with <a href="/wiki/Jean_H._Baker" title="Jean H. Baker">Jean H. Baker</a> and Michael F. Holt; 1961 ed. with James G. Randall.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Editor, <i>Why the North Won the Civil War</i> (1962) (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-02-031660-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-02-031660-2">978-0-02-031660-2</a>) (revised ed. 1996).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Editor with Aida DiPace Donald, <i>Diary of Charles Francis Adams, Volumes 1 and 2, January 1820 - September 1829</i> (1964), <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Politics of Reconstruction, 1863-1867</i> (1965)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man </i> (1970). Biography after 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Look_Homeward:_A_Life_of_Thomas_Wolfe" title="Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe">Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe</a></i> (1987) (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-316-18952-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-316-18952-1">978-0-316-18952-1</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Lincoln</i> (1995) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-684-80846-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-684-80846-8">978-0-684-80846-8</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Lincoln at Home: Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Domestic Life </i> (1999) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-912308-77-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-912308-77-7">978-0-912308-77-7</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends</i> (2003) (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-5468-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-5468-7">978-0-7432-5468-7</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Divided Union</i><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1961)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Paul Goodman, "David Donald's Charles Sumner Reconsidered" in <i>The New England Quarterly,</i> Vol. 37, No. 3. (Sept. 1964), pp. 373–387.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/364037">online at JSTOR</a></li> <li>Ari Hoogenboom, "David Herbert Donald: A Celebration," in <i>A Master's Due: Essays in Honor of David Herbert Donald,</i> ed. William J. Cooper, Jr., <i>et al.</i> (Louisiana State University Press, 1985), 1–15.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NPR-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NPR_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NPR_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NPR_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NPR_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104303493">Famed Lincoln Scholar David Herbert Donald Dies</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-American_Scholars_1974_p._160-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-American_Scholars_1974_p._160_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-American_Scholars_1974_p._160_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Directory of American Scholars</i>, 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 160.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTObit-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYTObit_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYTObit_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYTObit_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Grimes, William. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/books/19donald.html">"David Herbert Donald, Writer on Lincoln, Dies at 88"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, May 19, 2009. Accessed 19 May 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-papers-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-papers_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110928055225/http://www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/NewsletterPDFs/EDITOR01.PDF">"Meet Our Editorial Board"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Lincoln Editor: Quarterly Newsletter of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, July–September 2001, p. 3. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/NewsletterPDFs/EDITOR01.PDF">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2011-09-28<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Da Capo Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-306-80353-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-306-80353-6"><bdi>978-0-306-80353-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lincoln%27s+Herndon%3A+A+Biography&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=1989-03-01&rft.isbn=978-0-306-80353-6&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3cTscmh22wYC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2023">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMilhollenKaplanDonald1956" class="citation book cs1">Milhollen, Hirst Dillon; Kaplan, Milton; Donald, David Herbert (1956). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kwjVAAAAMAAJ"><i>Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865</i></a>. Macmillan.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Divided+We+Fought%3A+A+Pictorial+History+of+the+War%2C+1861-1865&rft.pub=Macmillan&rft.date=1956&rft.aulast=Milhollen&rft.aufirst=Hirst+Dillon&rft.au=Kaplan%2C+Milton&rft.au=Donald%2C+David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkwjVAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChase2011" class="citation book cs1">Chase, Salmon P. (2011-10-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hJMnAwEACAAJ"><i>Inside Lincoln's Cabinet: The Civil War Diaries of Salmon P. Chase</i></a>. Literary Licensing, LLC. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-258-10834-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-258-10834-2"><bdi>978-1-258-10834-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Inside+Lincoln%27s+Cabinet%3A+The+Civil+War+Diaries+of+Salmon+P.+Chase&rft.pub=Literary+Licensing%2C+LLC&rft.date=2011-10-01&rft.isbn=978-1-258-10834-2&rft.aulast=Chase&rft.aufirst=Salmon+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhJMnAwEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonald2001" class="citation book cs1">Donald, David Herbert (2001-01-01). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lincolnreconside00dona_0"><i>Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era</i></a></span>. Vintage Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-375-72532-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-375-72532-6"><bdi>978-0-375-72532-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lincoln+Reconsidered%3A+Essays+on+the+Civil+War+Era&rft.pub=Vintage+Books&rft.date=2001-01-01&rft.isbn=978-0-375-72532-6&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flincolnreconside00dona_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonald2009" class="citation book cs1">Donald, David Herbert (2009-03-01). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781402218392"><i>Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War</i></a></span>. Sourcebooks, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4022-2719-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4022-2719-6"><bdi>978-1-4022-2719-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Charles+Sumner+and+the+Coming+of+the+Civil+War&rft.pub=Sourcebooks%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2009-03-01&rft.isbn=978-1-4022-2719-6&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9781402218392&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDONALD1969" class="citation book cs1">DONALD, J. G. 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Lexington, Mass., Heath.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=THE+CIVIL+WAR+AND+RECONSTRUCTION&rft.pub=Lexington%2C+Mass.%2C+Heath&rft.date=1969-01-01&rft.aulast=DONALD&rft.aufirst=J.+G.+RANDALL%2C+DAVID+HERBERT&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcivilwarreconst00rand&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCommagerDonald1996" class="citation book cs1">Commager, Henry Steele; Donald, David Herbert (1996-11-05). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fl_k5bJB7S8C"><i>Why the North Won the Civil War</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Simon_and_Schuster" class="mw-redirect" title="Simon and Schuster">Simon and Schuster</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-684-82506-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-684-82506-9"><bdi>978-0-684-82506-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+the+North+Won+the+Civil+War&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=1996-11-05&rft.isbn=978-0-684-82506-9&rft.aulast=Commager&rft.aufirst=Henry+Steele&rft.au=Donald%2C+David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dfl_k5bJB7S8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674203990">"Search Results - Harvard University Press"</a>. <i>www.hup.harvard.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Knopf.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Charles+Sumner+and+the+rights+of+man&rft.pub=Knopf&rft.date=1970&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcharlessumnerrig0000dona&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonald1987" class="citation book cs1">Donald, David Herbert (1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=wikipedia&q=isbn%3A9780316189521"><i>Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe</i></a>. Little, Brown. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-316-18952-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-316-18952-1"><bdi>978-0-316-18952-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/925224109">925224109</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 14,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Look+Homeward%3A+A+Life+of+Thomas+Wolfe&rft.pub=Little%2C+Brown&rft.date=1987&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F925224109&rft.isbn=978-0-316-18952-1&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Fsearch%3Fqt%3Dwikipedia%26q%3Disbn%253A9780316189521&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonald1996" class="citation book cs1">Donald, David Herbert (1996-11-05). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fuTY3mxs9awC"><i>Lincoln</i></a>. Simon and Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-684-82535-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-684-82535-9"><bdi>978-0-684-82535-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lincoln&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=1996-11-05&rft.isbn=978-0-684-82535-9&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfuTY3mxs9awC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonald2003" class="citation book cs1">Donald, David Herbert (2003-11-04). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lincolnathome00davi"><i>Lincoln at Home: Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Family Life</i></a></span>. Simon and Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-1142-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-1142-0"><bdi>978-0-7432-1142-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lincoln+at+Home%3A+Two+Glimpses+of+Abraham+Lincoln%27s+Family+Life&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=2003-11-04&rft.isbn=978-0-7432-1142-0&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flincolnathome00davi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDonald2003" class="citation book cs1">Donald, David Herbert (2003-01-01). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/wearelincolnmena00dona_0"><i>"We are Lincoln Men": Abraham Lincoln and His Friends</i></a></span>. Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-5468-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-5468-7"><bdi>978-0-7432-5468-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%22We+are+Lincoln+Men%22%3A+Abraham+Lincoln+and+His+Friends&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2003-01-01&rft.isbn=978-0-7432-5468-7&rft.aulast=Donald&rft.aufirst=David+Herbert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwearelincolnmena00dona_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRandall1961" class="citation book cs1">Randall, J. G. (1961). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=1021&recCount=25&recPointer=3&bibId=13845706"><i>The Divided Union</i></a>. Boston: Little, Brown.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Divided+Union&rft.place=Boston&rft.pub=Little%2C+Brown&rft.date=1961&rft.aulast=Randall&rft.aufirst=J.+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.loc.gov%2Fvwebv%2FholdingsInfo%3FsearchId%3D1021%26recCount%3D25%26recPointer%3D3%26bibId%3D13845706&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Herbert+Donald" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Herbert_Donald&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?27227">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a> 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