04135nam 2200697 a 450 991081866080332120230721014627.01-280-69766-097866136746230-8093-8754-9(CKB)2670000000162084(EBL)1354518(OCoLC)856870358(SSID)ssj0000646557(PQKBManifestationID)11442337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646557(PQKBWorkID)10703245(PQKB)10157085(MiAaPQ)EBC1354518(OCoLC)782950123(MdBmJHUP)muse19283(Au-PeEL)EBL1354518(CaPaEBR)ebr10555659(CaONFJC)MIL367462(EXLCZ)99267000000016208420060828d2007 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrLincoln's White House secretary[electronic resource] the adventurous life of William O. Stoddard /edited by Harold HolzerCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20071 online resource (433 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2753-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-398) and index.""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""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.PresidentsUnited StatesStaffBiographySecretariesUnited StatesBiographyJournalistsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1861-1865United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesWashington (D.C.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesPresidentsStaffSecretariesJournalists973.7092BStoddard William Osborn1835-1925.1645816Holzer Harold910532MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818660803321Lincoln's White House secretary3992526UNINA