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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778975703321

Autore

Burlingame Michael

Titolo

Lincoln's journalist [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's anonymous writings for the press, 1860 - 1864

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-585-11288-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BurlingameMichael <1941->

Disciplina

973.7/092

973.7092

Soggetti

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Frontispiece; Book Ttile; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. 1860; 2. 1861; 3. 1862; 4. 1863-1864; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

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