At Lincoln's Side [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/092 |
| 973.7092 | |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BurlingameMichael |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | At Lincoln's Side |
| ISBN: | 1-280-69734-2 |
| 9786613674302 | |
| 0-8093-8476-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828174003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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