Greg's Reviews > The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul

While I enjoyed this books, for anyone who has read more serious biographies of Lincoln or Douglas, there is nothing really new here. Kilmeade doesn't really do much to integrate their lives, contributions, or activities - it's more like sequential entries (from one chapter to another) about each of them. the biographical material for both of them isn't especially in-depth or analytical, more like an overview of their lives. For someone who just wants a light introduction to these two historical figures, it would be fine, but there is are better treatments out there. For Lincoln, I recommend any of the following. The first is my personal favorite.

1. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
2. Lincoln's Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 - April 8, 1865 (Noah Andre Trudeau)
3. Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography (William Lee Miller)

For Douglas, I think by far the best choice is:

1. Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
2. I also recommend any or all of several autobiographies written by Frederick Douglass himself.