Sandburg is where a lot of the Lincoln mythology got it’s start. It’s entertaining but not great history. I’ve read Donald’s Lincoln and White’s Lincoln, and while both are excellent I just found White’s to be more interesting.
I will keep that in mind if and when I decide to post excerpts from it. Sandburg occasionally embarks on obvious flights of imagination which can be a little annoying and he puts himself in Lincoln's head more than one would expect from an objective account. But Sandburg researched it exhaustively. It also helps that it was written in 1926 when there were still a few people from Lincoln's time around to interview. There are reproductions of letters and other items that may be worth posting here. Sandburg focuses on "the times" as well as "the life" in his biography. More so than the Donald bio does. That is helpful for readers like me who are not that well grounded in world history. Sandburg devotes whole chapters to describing what is going on in the U.S. and the world entirely apart from Lincoln. An example I recall is his description of the nascent globalization occurring in 1831, the year Lincoln left the family home and set out on his own.
Have you also read “The War Years”? I was planning in investing in that 4 volume set also, since it has been recommended by others. I wonder if the history in that is tolerably objective or is it reader beware?