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(1920-2009) Writer. David Herbert Donald was born in Goodman, Mississippi, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.

Full Name

David Herbert Donald

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1920

BIRTH

David Herbert Donald was born in Goodman, Mississippi, in 1920.

1947

OTHER

Donald taught at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, from 1947 until 1949, and again from 1951 until 1959.

1948

LITWORK

Lincoln's Herndon


Biography of William Herndon.

1954

LITWORK

Inside Lincoln's Cabinet: The Civil War Diaries of Salmon P. Chase


Nonfiction, edited by Mr. Donald.

1956

LITWORK

Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays On The Civil War Era


Nonfiction.

1960

LITWORK

Charles Sumner And the Coming Of The Civil War


First volume of biography of Sumner; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1961.

1961

LITWORK

The Divided Union


Nonfiction.

1965

LITWORK

The Politics Of Reconstruction, 1863-1867


Nonfiction.

1970

LITWORK

Charles Sumner And The Rights Of Man


Biography.

1987

LITWORK

Look Homeward: A Life Of Thomas Wolfe


Biography; winner of Pulitzer Prize in 1988.

1995

LITWORK

Lincoln


Biography.

2004

LITWORK

We Are Lincoln Men': Abraham Lincoln And His Friends

0-7432-5468-6
Nonfiction.

2009

DEATH

David Herbert Donald died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2009.

2009

INTERMENT

David Herbert Donald was interred at Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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