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Lincoln's journalist [electronic resource] : John Hay's anonymous writings for the press, 1860 - 1864
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burlingame, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
- United States.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Local Subjects:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (426 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Michael Burlingame presents anonymous and pseudonymous newspaper articles written by Lincoln's assistant personal secretary, John Hay, between 1860 and 1864. In the White House, Hay became the ultimate insider, the man who had the president's ear. ""Only an extremely small number of persons ever saw Abraham Lincoln both day and night in public as well as private settings from 1860 to 1864,"" notes Wayne C. Temple, chief deputy director, Illinois State Archives. ""And only one of them had the literary flair of John Milton Hay."" Burlingame takes great pains to establish auth
- Contents:
- Cover; Frontispiece; Book Ttile; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. 1860; 2. 1861; 3. 1862; 4. 1863-1864; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-11288-6
- OCLC:
- 856870355
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