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Abraham Lincoln : the observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay / edited by Michael Burlingame.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865--Anecdotes.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Anecdotes.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Anecdotes.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Friends and associates--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1890 Abraham Lincoln's two main White House secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, published the ten-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: A History. Although the authors witnessed the daily events occurring within the executive mansion and the national Capitol, their lengthy biography is more a recounting of the Civil War era than a study of Lincoln's life. Editor Michael Burlingame sifted through the original forty-seven-hundred-page work and selected only the personal observations of the secretaries during the Lincoln presidency, placing ten excerpts
- Contents:
- Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Election Day 1860 and Cabinet Making; 2. The Fort Sumter Crisis: March-April 1861; 3. Distributing Patronage: 1861; 4. Frontier Guards at the White House: April 1861; 5. Washington Besieged: April 1861; 6. The First Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861; 7. Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; 8. Lincoln and General George B. McClellan; 9. Removal of McClellan from Command: November 1862; 10. Cabinet Crisis: December 1862; 11. Lincoln's Fame; Notes; Index; Author Bio
- Notes:
- Excerpts from: Abraham Lincoln : a history / by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-69737-7
- 9786613674333
- 0-8093-8740-9
- OCLC:
- 856870322
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