Inside Lincoln's White House [[electronic resource] ] : the complete Civil War diary of John Hay / / edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

• Autore: Hay John <1838-1905.>
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale [Ill.], : Southern Illinois University Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/092
• Soggetto topico: Statesmen - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BurlingameMichael <1941-> EttlingerJohn R. T
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-369) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 couché.
• Titolo autorizzato: Inside Lincoln's White House
• ISBN: 1-280-69736-9; 9786613674326; 0-8093-8310-1; 0-585-10658-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454953203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II