What is your opinion on Carl Sandburg?

[Steve]

As someone who went to Middle and High School during the 1990's and the very early 2000's, Carl Sandburg's biography of Lincoln had no influence on my interest in Lincoln studies. By that time Sandburg's biography was considered outdated and riddled with errors. A multi-volume work of that age with that reputation just didn't appeal to somebody with a limited amount of funds who had enlisted in the Army.

The Lincoln biography that I remember having the highest reputation/acclaim when I was growing up was David Herbert Donald's Lincoln. After I had finished my Army training, got posted to my first duty station, and received my enlistment bonus that was the first biography of Lincoln that I bought.