Herndon's Life of Lincoln Author:William Herndon From the back cover: "The history and personal recollections of Abraham Lincoln, as originally written by William Herndon and Jesse Weik, has contributed more to our knowledge of Lincoln the man than any other biography. Herndon spent 20 years after Lincoln's death gathering a collection of Lincolniana that remained the most complete for almost ... more »a century....This special edition, edited by Paul M. Angle, noted Lincoln authority, has been completely brought up to date in the light of modern scholarship." (1961)« less