Richard d north biography of abraham lincoln book

At Wisconsin, he studied under William B. Current served as president of the Southern Historical Association in In addition, he was the editor of and author of introductions to many other works and published over articles.

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His first wife of 45 years Rose Bonar died in , and in he married Marcia Ewing, who co-wrote a biography of dancer Loie Fuller with him. His final book, a collection of translations of writings by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun , was published in He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 26, , at age of Parkinson's disease [ 1 ] and was buried in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Current came late to the study of Abraham Lincoln , having published books on 19th century political leaders Thaddeus Stevens , Daniel Webster , and John C. Calhoun , and the history of the typewriter when he was asked to complete a 4-volume biography of Lincoln begun by his University of Illinois colleague James G. Randall , who had finished three volumes before his death.

Current wrote at least half of the fourth volume Lincoln the President: Midstream to the Last Full Measure , which won the prestigious Bancroft Prize from Columbia University , establishing his reputation. Drawn to what he called the "perpetual timeliness" and "eternal relevance" of Lincoln's life, Current went on to write seven more books about him.

One of his most influential books was The Lincoln Nobody Knows , which delved into the seemingly contradictory elements of Lincoln's life and thought, particularly his views on slavery and race, showing how he overcame the narrow thinking of his childhood in the backwoods of Kentucky and Indiana where racist and white supremacist views were common.