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Hay John <1838-1905.> |
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Titolo |
Inside Lincoln's White House [[electronic resource] ] : the complete Civil War diary of John Hay / / edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger |
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Carbondale [Ill.], : Southern Illinois University Press, c1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-69736-9 |
9786613674326 |
0-8093-8310-1 |
0-585-10658-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (418 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BurlingameMichael <1941-> |
EttlingerJohn R. T |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Statesmen - United States |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-369) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editors' Introduction; 1. 1861; 2. 1862; 3. 1863; 4. 1864; Appendix: Speech to the Citizents of Florida; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that ""some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . . and half a dozen others including a daredevil guerrilla from Richmond named Ficklin would do a thing within forty eight hours that would ring through the world.""The women feared that the Virginian planned either to assassinate or to capture the president. Calling this a ""harrowing communication,"" Hay continued his entry: ""They went away and I went to the bedside of the Chief coucheĢ. |
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