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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... Todd, reached out and took the hat, graciously keeping it on his lap for the remainder of the ceremonies. The heart of Lincoln's message was his steadfast determination to prevent the breakup of the nation, if necessary by armed force ...
... Todd Lincoln, a common formulation used for her after her death—was a Westerner and a woman long accustomed to hard work, but she was not a frontier nai'f in the way that her husband was widely caricatured. Though not the submissive ...
... Todd family nanny was named Sally. She was the legal property of Mary's father, as were the other black men, women, and children in the Todd household, all of whom together made life flow smoothly and pleasantly for the white ...
... Todd sent her. Her ultimate rescuer from Lexington was one of her elder sisters, Elizabeth Edwards, who had married well in far-off Springfield, Illinois, and who sympathized with the younger girl's feelings of suffocation in the crowded ...
... Todd Lincoln stood apart from his living parents and, after his own death, even from his parents' legacies. History's often repeated explanation that Robert was “entirely Todd” implied he wasn't at all like his father, that his makeup ...
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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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