A Great and Good Man: Rare, First-Hand Accounts of Abraham Lincoln - by Jonathan White & William Griffing (Paperback)

About the Book

"A documentary collection of excerpts from letters and diaries in private collections that will shed light on Abraham Lincoln as he was seen and regarded during his lifetime." -- Taken from back cover.

About the Author

Jonathan W. White is professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is the prize-winning author or editor of 18 books, including his first children's book, My Day with Abe Lincoln. He serves as vice chair of The Lincoln Forum, on the boards of directors of the Abraham Lincoln Association and the Abraham Lincoln Institute, and on the Ford's Theatre Advisory Council. In 2023 he won the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House. William J. Griffing enjoyed a successful thirty-year career in the Environment, Safety & Health field, holding positions at the Department of Labor and the Department of Energy before serving as the ES&H Director at both the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Since retiring, he has dedicated a significant amount of his time to preserving American history, with a particular focus on the Civil War era.