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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818660803321

Autore

Stoddard William Osborn <1835-1925.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-69766-0

9786613674623

0-8093-8754-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HolzerHarold

Disciplina

973.7092

B

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Staff

Secretaries - United States

Journalists - United States

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.