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Autore |
Burlingame Michael |
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Titolo |
At Lincoln's Side [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-69734-2 |
9786613674302 |
0-8093-8476-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (325 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Correspondence |
Hay, John, 1838-1905 |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates |
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography |
Statesmen -- United States -- Correspondence |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 |
Statesmen - United States |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
United States - General |
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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 contenuto |
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Cover; Frontispiece; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Civil War Correspondence; 1. 1860-1862; 2. 1863; 3. 1864-1865; Part Two: Selected Writings; 4. Hay's Reminiscences of the Civil War; 5. Biographical Sketches; Appendix 1: The Authorship of the Bixby Letter; Appendix 2: Mary Todd Lincoln's Unethical Conduct as First Lady; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John Hay believed that "real history is told in private letters," and the more than 220 surviving letters and telegrams from his Civil War days |
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prove that to be true, showing Abraham Lincoln in action: "The Tycoon is in fine whack. I have rarely seen him more serene & busy. He is managing this war, the draft, foreign relations, and planning a reconstruction of the Union, all at once. I never knew with what tyrannous authority he rules the Cabinet, till now. The most important things he decides & there is no cavil."Along with Hay's personal correspondence, Burlingame include |
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