Lincoln

Author: David Herbert Donald
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439126283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 724

Book Description
A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency. Donald 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. 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. 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.

Why The North Won The Civil War

Author: David Herbert Donald
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786251981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
WHY THE SOUTH LOST What led to the downfall of the Confederacy? The distinguished professors of history represented in this volume examine the following crucial factors in the South’s defeat: ECONOMIC—RICHARD N. CURRENT of the University of Wisconsin attributes the victory of the North to fundamental economic superiority so great that the civilian resources of the South were dissipated under the conditions of war. MILITARY—T. HARRY WILLIAMS of Louisiana State University cites the deficiencies of Confederate strategy and military leadership, evaluating the influence on both sides of Baron Jomini, a 19th-century strategist who stressed position warfare and a rapid tactical offensive. DIPLOMATIC—NORMAN A. GRAERNER of the University of Illinois holds that the basic reason England and France decided not to intervene on the side of the South was simply that to have done so would have violated the general principle of non-intervention to which they were committed. SOCIAL—DAVID DONALD of Columbia University offers the intriguing thesis that an excess of Southern democracy killed the Confederacy. From the ordinary man in the ranks to Jefferson Davis himself, too much emphasis was placed on individual freedom and not enough on military discipline. POLITICAL—DAVID M. POTTER of Stanford University suggests that the deficiencies of President Davis as a civil and military leader turner the balance, and that the South suffered from the lack of a second well-organized political party to force its leadership into competence.

Liberty and Union

Author: David Herbert Donald
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504034031
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner’s penetrating analysis of the crisis of democracy during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. In Liberty and Union, David Herbert Donald persuasively examines one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. With the same wit, eloquence, and willingness to question received wisdom that define his acclaimed biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Sumner, Donald suggests that it was the commonalities between North and South—and not their differences—that led to the earth-shattering conflict that was the Civil War and defined the chaotic years that followed. Exploring the political, social, and economic impact of the war, emancipation, Reconstruction, and westward expansion, Donald combines history and philosophy, offering a bold and thought-provoking analysis that goes far in explaining the nation we live in today. Riveting, illuminating, and provocative, Liberty and Union sheds a brilliant light on a half-century of US history and addresses a perennial problem of democratic societies all over the world: how to reconcile majority rule and minority rights.

Women in Love - David Herbert Lawrence

Author: David Herbert Lawrence
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 3985229295
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 543

Book Description
Women in Love - David Herbert Lawrence - "Women in Love" is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It follows the loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an industrialist. Lawrence contrasts this pair with the love that develops between Ursula and Rupert Birkin, an alienated intellectual who articulates many opinions associated with the author. The emotional relationships thus established are given further depth and tension by an intense psychological and physical attraction between Gerald and Rupert. The novel ranges over the whole of British society before the time of the First World War. Ursula's character draws on Lawrence's wife Frieda, and Gudrun on Katherine Mansfield, while Rupert Birkin has elements of Lawrence himself, and Gerald Crich of Mansfield's husband, John Middleton Murry.

Mother and Daughter - David Herbert Lawrence

Author: David Herbert Lawrence
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 3985944695
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31

Book Description
'Mother and Daughter' can be read as one of Lawrence's diatribes against women. Two women do their best to get along without men but in the end, as Lawrence always proposed, a woman cannot be fulfilled without a dominant man, however unsuitable he may be.

Lincoln Reconsidered

Author: David Herbert Donald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

The Perfect Cookbook

Author: David John Herbert
Publisher: Viking Canada
ISBN: 9780670040513
Category : Cookery
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
Cookbook containing over 120 classic recipes. Includes simple instructions for traditional favourites such as roast leg of lamb, ratatouille, pumpkin soup, pecan pie, pavlova, lemon delicious pudding, bread, bolognese sauce and Anzac biscuits. Author is a weekly columnist for the 'Australian' newspaper. Includes photos, conversion table and index.

Best-Ever Baking Recipes

Author: David Herbert
Publisher: Lantern
ISBN: 9781921382130
Category : Baking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Following on from the success of The Really Useful Cookbook and his 'Perfect' series of books, David Herbert has gathered together more than 100 of his favourite and much-sought-after baking recipes. Here you'll find failsafe recipes for everything from muffins and scones, pies and tarts, to cakes for special occasions.

Complete Perfect Recipes

Author: David Herbert
Publisher: Lantern
ISBN: 9781920989804
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Listed alphabetically, the recipes cover classics such as apple pie, banana smoothie, chocolate brownies, hamburgers, laksa, lamingtons, lasagne, metaballs, orange cordial, quiche Lorraine, raspberry sundae, roast chicken and much more. It is the ideal gift for men and women, from experienced cooks to novices.

Charles Sumner

Author: David Herbert Donald
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1142

Book Description
Charles Sumner (1811–1874), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for two decades, was an ardent abolitionist; a founder of the Republican Party; chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1861 to 1871; chief of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War and Reconstruction; Lincoln's friend and, later, Grant's nemesis; as well as an advocate for universal equality, international peace, women's suffrage, and educational and prison reform. This edition combines for the first time Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War and Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man into one monumental biography that brings into brilliant focus the character and impact of one of the most controversial and enduring forces in American history.