Lincoln's White House : the people's house in wartime / James B. Conroy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conroy, James B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

White House (Washington, D.C.).

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

United States.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 311 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

Summary:

Lincolns White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincolns inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. We see the constant stream of visitors, from ordinary citizens to visiting dignitaries and diplomats. Relying on fresh research and a character-driven narrative and drawing on untapped primary sources, Conroy takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour that provides new insight into how Lincoln lived, led the government, conducted war, and ultimately, unified the country to build a better government of, by, and for the people.

Contents:

The painful sense of becoming educated

A strange mixture of enthusiasm and greed

Plain and simple in its appointments

A miscellaneous assortment of life and character

The White House is turned into barracks

It is good to look at beauty once in a while

Ink stained and work worn

The Republican queen in her white palace

This is a God forsaken hole

Flub dubs for that damned old house

My public opinion baths

Bright jewels and bright eyes

Not an American crime

Bundles and bales

Like so many greenhead flies

Crazy and poetry

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House

And everything seemed to weep.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442251342

1442251344

OCLC:

942838569