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Hay John <1838-1905.>
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Titolo: |
Inside Lincoln's White House [[electronic resource] ] : the complete Civil War diary of John Hay / / edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
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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 |
Altri autori: |
BurlingameMichael <1941->
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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.: | 9910818266703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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