I recently read of a book written back in the 1940’s that pretty much told the truth of how he really was, then more recently there are two books by Thomas J. Dilorenzo that delve into Lincoln even more.
No. DiLorenzo is a boob. We completely destroy him in “A Patriot’s History of the United States.” Lincoln has been very well written about by any number of great historians, including Allan Nevins. See our section on Lincoln, second best president to GW.
DiLorenzo is a Lincoln hater & not worth the time.