Abraham Lincoln

A Presidential Life

By: James McPherson

Narrated by: John McDonough

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tried by War, James M. McPherson is acclaimed as the greatest living Civil War historian.

In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House. This concise yet comprehensive account reveals why Lincoln still remains a quintessential American icon.

©2009 Oxford University Press, Inc. (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

Well put on

Love the way the story is written and put on. Also, the narrative is so well deep into the book that it feels like he is the one writing the book.

Fantastic Overview

The stated goal of the author is to provide an overview of Lincoln’s life that neither over-simplifies nor over-generalizes his life. Highly recommend as an introduction to the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Outstanding introduction to Lincoln

Dr. McPherson is one of the great names in the history of Lincoln scholarship. This superb, very short book does a masterful job of introducing the life of Abraham Lincoln to its audience.

McPherson masterfully pics the moments, interactions, and decisions of Lincoln that carry the reader along to a much better understanding of him.

Even for those of us who have read extensively on Lincoln, this is a terrific work. Excellent narration as well.

Good story just wanted more

A short but otherwise good story about Lincoln that is worth hearing. Well narrated and touches on the momentous problems American and Lincoln faced during that period of time.

In depth

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I would have liked a little more about his personal life even though I realize they wanted us to know about the political part of his life.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The interesting part was his move when becoming President. The least interesting was some of the information about the wars.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The performance of the reader kept your attention

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes

Any additional comments?

This was a quick fix to a long story.