Format:
1 online resource (188 pages)
ISBN:
9780809387403
Content:
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 in chronological order in Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay. The result is an important collection of Nicolay and Hay's interpretations of Lincoln's character, actions, and reputation, framed by Burlingame's compelling preface, introduction, chapter introductions, and notes. The volume provides vivid descriptions of such events as Election Day in 1860, the crisis at Fort Sumter, the first major battle of the war at Bull Run, and Lincoln's relationship with Edwin Stanton and George McClellan. In this clear and captivating new work, Burlingame has made key portions of Nicolay and Hay's immense biography available to a wide audience of today's readers.
Content:
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.
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Additional Edition:
9780809327386
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780809327386
Language:
English
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1354385
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