The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a FamilySt. Martin's Publishing Group, 17 сент. 2013 г. - Всего страниц: 304 From the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, a nation divided by savage conflict confronted the new president. But what many don't know was that within the White House's walls, the Lincoln's family would soon find itself suffering turmoil mirroring that of the nation he led. |
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... Abraham and Mary Lincoln cheerfully crossed the threshold into the White House, escaping bleak skies and a cutting northwest wind that mirrored Washington's sense of unease. “Old Edward,” head usher since anyone could remember, held the ...
... Abraham Lincoln would not now be stepping across the White House threshold if it weren't for slavery. He would instead have remained in Illinois, practicing law, spinning amusing tales, and playing doting father to his rambunctious—many of ...
... Lincoln would soon learn, regarded it as their birthright to be allowed to personally meet face-to-face with the ... Abraham Lincoln would sleep in separate but adjoining bedrooms on the south side of this passage, just as they had slept ...
... of the era fundamentally changed by the wife for the past eighteen years of Abraham Lincoln. Mary Lincoln—she did not, incidentally, call herself Mary Todd Lincoln, a common formulation used for her after her death—was a Westerner and a ...
... Abraham Lincoln's attention as a possible wife. But Lincoln eventually came to perceive her as others did and recognized that her personality might well represent a heavy burden on any life they would make together. But after ...
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THREE Calamity in War Calamity at Home | |
FOUR Death in the White House | |
SEVEN An Unfinished Work | |
EPILOGUE The Flying Dutchman | |
NOTES | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
INDEX | |
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