Lives of Lincoln that have
importance for their portrayal of western society include: John
T. Morse, Jr., "Abraham Lincoln" (2 vols., 1893); John G. Nicolay
and John Hay, "Abraham Lincoln, a History" (10 vols., 1890); and
Ida M. Tarbell, "Life of Abraham Lincoln" (new ed., 2vols.,
1917).
The reader will do well, however, to turn early to some of the
works within the field which, by reason of their literary quality
as well as their scholarly worth, have attained the dignity of
classics. Foremost are the writings of Francis Parkman. Most of
these, it is true, deal with the history of the American interior
prior to 1763. But "Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV"
(Frontenac edition, 1915), and "A Half-Century of Conflict" (2
vols., same ed.) furnish the necessary background; and "The
Conspiracy of Pontiac" (2 vols., same ed.) is indispensable.
Parkman's work closes with the Indian war following the Treaty of
1763. Theodore Roosevelt's "Winning of the West" (4 vols.,
1889-96) takes up the story at that point and carries it to the
collapse of the Burr intrigues during the second administration
of Thomas Jefferson.
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