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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... mansion's sad condition. His wife, Mary, on the other hand, triumphant in her new self-styled status as “Madam President,” decided on the spot she was going to make this dismal place fit for its role as the chief executive's home. But ...
... Executive Mansion's hostess had been Harriet Lane, the bachelor President Buchanan's high-spirited niece. Since the previous fall's election, Miss Lane had openly belittled the new occupants-to-be as unsophisticated yokels. Harriet had ...
... Executive Mansion, particularly regarding how to make the house function as a home. The departing occupants were never even expected to brief their successors on basic domestic matters. Furthermore, except for a doorkeeper, no real ...
... Executive Mansion. Assorted sisters, cousins, and nieces of the new first lady, altogether fifteen privileged family members, excitedly tagged along in the presidential party's wake, and all happily and gratefully sat down to Harriet ...
... Executive Mansion—as it was still officially called—remained the lamp that lit social Washington. Most people had long since referred to the president's residence as the White House, the popular name implied by the color of the paint ...
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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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