Īfter completing his doctorate, Donald taught at Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University and, from 1973, Harvard University. Donald adapted and published the dissertation as his first book, Lincoln's Herndon (1948). He encouraged his protégé to write his dissertation on Abraham Lincoln's law partner, William Herndon. Randall as a mentor influenced Donald's life and career. After earning a master's degree in history (1942) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he earned his PhD in 1946 under eminent Lincoln scholar James G. Majoring in history and sociology, Donald earned his bachelor's degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. The county's western border is formed by the Yazoo River and it is part of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for earlier works he published more than 30 books on United States political and literary figures and the history of the American South.ĭavid Herbert Donald was born in Goodman, Mississippi, a town in the center of Holmes County. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union-in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.ĭavid Herbert Donald is the author of 'Lincoln, ' which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize and was on the 'New York Times' bestseller list for fourteen weeks, and of 'Lincoln at Home.' He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for 'Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War, ' and for 'Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe.' He is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and of American Civilization Emeritus at Harvard University and resides in Lincoln, Massachusetts.Two Pulitzer Prizes for biography, and 1995 biography of Abraham Lincolnĭavid Herbert Donald (Octo– May 17, 2009) was an American historian, best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln's character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. Is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln's life and presidency.ĭonald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald,

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