Lincoln's White House secretary : the adventurous life of William O. Stoddard / edited by Harold Holzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoddard, William O., 1835-1925.

Contributor:

Holzer, Harold.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Staff--Biography.

Presidents.

Secretaries--United States--Biography.

Secretaries.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

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

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Washington (D.C.).

Stoddard, William O., 1835-1925.

Stoddard, William O.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Friends and associates.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Stoddard, William O., 1835-1925--Homes and haunts--New York (State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln's "third secretary" who worked alongside John G. Nicolay and John Hay in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907, one of more than one hundred books he wrote. An abridged version was published by his son in 1955 as "Lincoln's Third Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard."; In this new, edited version, Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O. Stoddard, Harold Holzer provides an introduction, afterword, and annotations and includes comments by Stoddard's granddaughter, Eleanor Stoddard.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Book Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Stoddard Family Tree""; ""2. Childhood in Rochester""; ""3. Boyhood in Homer""; ""4. The Old Garret and Other Wonders""; ""5. In the Village""; ""6. The River""; ""7. The Hill and the Woods""; ""8. The Academy and the Shop""; ""9. Syracuse: The Young City""; ""10. The Onondaga Street House""; ""11. Hoyt's School""; ""12. The Bookstore""; ""13. The New Garret""; ""14. The Church""; ""15. The Jerry Rescue Riot""; ""16. Miscellaneous""; ""17. Going to College""

""18. College Days""""19. Junior Year""; ""20. Grand Prairie""; ""Gallery""; ""21. Log Cabin Home""; ""22. Prairie Life""; ""23. Prairie Winter""; ""24. Frontier Journalism""; ""25. Forward""; ""26. Suppers, Characters, and Incidents""; ""27. Lincoln and a New Beginning""; ""28. War""; ""29. A New Life in Washington""; ""30. The War City""; ""31. Guns and Things at the White House""; ""32. A Very Busy Year""; ""33. Wartime Enterprises""; ""34. About Mr. Lincoln""; ""35. The Long Winter of 1862""; ""36. Forward March""; ""37. On Assignment by the President""; ""38. Year of Decision, 1864""

""39. Notes from the Southwest, and the Death of Lincoln""""Afterword: Picturing Lincoln""; ""Post Impressions""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Author Bio""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-398) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69766-0

9786613674623

0-8093-8754-9

OCLC:

856870358