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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... maps were missing, except for the handful of old varnished charts that Buchanan had left hanging on the walls of his office. Nor was the cabinet—the group of men heading the federal departments—yet complete; on Lincoln's.
... around the city gave him a few minutes of peace before meeting with his new cabinet to try to find a way to chase away the tempests of war that were bearing down on them all. TWO SETTLING lN For the remainder of his presidency, Lincoln.
... cabinet—who would become his brothers-in-arms, his official body of advisers, and, as often as not, his most critical antagonists. In 1861, the concept of cabinet power as a body still meant something beyond the ritual gatherings of ...
... cabinet believed he could manage the country better than Lincoln could, that most thought of themselves as a better potential president than the man who had actually been elected, and that all made their outlook in regard to these ...
... cabinet. Yet he would remain not much more than a cipher for the next four years, even while filling a role of immense potential in the Lincoln presidency and the history of the Civil War. Hardly remembered today, Hannibal Hamlin was ...
Содержание
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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