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



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Autore: Stoddard William Osborn <1835-1925.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Lincoln's White House secretary [[electronic resource] ] : the adventurous life of William O. Stoddard / / edited by Harold Holzer Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7092
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Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States - Staff
Secretaries - United States
Journalists - United States
Soggetto geografico: 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
Altri autori: HolzerHarold  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Lincoln's White House secretary  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-69766-0
9786613674623
0-8093-8754-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790179903321
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