In 2008 historian Michael Burlingame published Abraham Lincoln: A Life, an exhaustive and well researched biography of our sixteenth president. The huge, two volume work (the entirety of which weighs around 9 pounds) went through serious editing before it was ready to publish. Wanting all of his extensive research to be used by scholars and students, Burlingame, along with Knox College’s Lincoln Studies Center, has made the author’s original, unedited manuscript available online. Currently only volume one is available with the second on its way. This excellent work, completely free, will surely be a useful tool for any who wish to study Lincoln and the Civil War era.
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Extensive Lincoln Biography Made Available Online
Posted by Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Lesson Plans, Recent Scholarship Themes: Education & Culture
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Kudos to Mr. Burlingame and the Knox College Press for taking this unprecedented (as far as I know) step. Mr. Burlingame’s exhaustive footnoting is a boon to all researchers. Douglas O. Wilson, noted Lincoln scholar at Knox College, is also to be warmly thanked.
I have this site bookmarked. I can’t wait for the second volume, since it contains the presidential years, and I visit the site every couple of days or so to see if it has come online yet.
Larry Tagg, author of _The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln_
very interesting post. I am looking forward to reading more from you.
I have just written a book HIRAM’S HONOR: RELIVING PRIVATE TERMAN’S CIVIL WAR and would like to get some feedback from Civil War entusiasts. You can visit http://hiramshonor.blogspot.com/ if you are interested. Thank you.
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