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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... senators and the (mostly) Southern ladies of high caste who controlled the capital's Society with resolute will and iron fists. But even these plutocrats lived on streets still unpaved and thus perpetually filthy—Pennsylvania Avenue was ...
... Senate for confirmation only a partial list of names of the eventual eight men who would lead the federal bureaucracy as well as serve as the president's principal sounding board. Most troubling, his critical choices for State and ...
... Senator Jefferson Davis. That renown predictably brought her to the new first lady's attention. Mary Lincoln stood at the beginning of her life at the epicenter of the nation's brightest spotlight, and she was in urgent need of dresses ...
... senator's stunning wife. What was left for the women to negotiate were only the financial details. In Mary's down-to-earth, not to say abrupt, Midwestern manner, she climaxed the interview by laying out her cards. “I trust your terms ...
... senators. Its dining room served what was probably the finest food in Washington. This arrangement held even on holidays. On Christmas Day, 1861, Nicolay wrote to his fiancee, Therena, loyally waiting for him back in Illinois: “John and ...
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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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