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At Lincoln's Side [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings



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Autore: Burlingame Michael Visualizza persona
Titolo: At Lincoln's Side [[electronic resource] ] : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-69734-2
9786613674302
0-8093-8476-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790178603321
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