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Lincoln's sanctuary : Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home / Matthew Pinsker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinsker, Matthew, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Homes and haunts--Washington (D.C.).
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Family.
- United States Soldiers' Home--History--19th century.
- United States Soldiers' Home.
- Cottages--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
- Cottages.
- Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (529 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For much of his presidency, Abraham Lincoln lived in a cottage outside Washington on the grounds of the Soldier's Home, a retirement quarters for Army veterans - a place where he could escape the war. Based on fresh research and insightful thinking, this book offers a new and intimate look at this chapter of Lincoln's life.
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword: by Gabor Boritt; Introduction: "I see the President"; Part One: 1862; Chapter 1: "Gone to the country"; Chapter 2: "Am I to have no rest?"; Chapter 3: "Forever free"; Chapter 4: "Capt. D and his company"; Part Two: 1863; Chapter 5: "Mother very slightly hurt"; Chapter 6: "In fine whack"; Part Three: 1864; Chapter 7: "Present at Fort Stevens"; Chapter 8: "Damned in Time & in Eternity"; Chapter 9: "Whatever is, is right"; Conclusion: "There is something else there"; Afterword; Chronology: Lincoln at the Soldiers' Home
- NotesBibliography; Acknowledgments; Index
- Notes:
- "Chronology: Lincoln at the Soldiers' Home": p. 193-204.
- Previously issued in print: 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771433-1
- 0-19-992397-3
- 1-280-53280-7
- 0-19-803669-8
- 1-4237-8495-2
- OCLC:
- 476025616
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