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UNINA9910819215403321 |
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Titolo |
Abraham Lincoln [[electronic resource] ] : the observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay / / edited by Michael Burlingame |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-69737-7 |
9786613674333 |
0-8093-8740-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BurlingameMichael <1941-> |
HayJohn <1838-1905.> |
NicolayJohn G <1832-1901.> (John George) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States |
United States Politics and government 1861-1865 Anecdotes |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Anecdotes |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Excerpts from: Abraham Lincoln : a history / by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-167) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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