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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... social differences mattered relatively little. A single unavoidable reality stood above this day's events: Abraham Lincoln would not now be stepping across the White House threshold if it weren't for slavery. He would instead have ...
... 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 coating its sandstone exterior.9 All visitors to the building passed a statue of ...
... social customs and usages the new president would have to follow to ensure that the fledgling administration got off the ground. In 1861 there were no press staff, no speechwriters, and certainly no “councilors to the president.” Civil ...
... social functions were carried out. The first lady was meant to greet visitors, chat politely with guests, sen/e tea to the wives of the men who ran the government, and all the while look as fashionably presentable as her own natural ...
... social graces, whose financial state could most optimistically be described as low—though not entirely without promise. Mary saw a man with a future far more auspicious than those of her two brothers-in-law. In her budding young ...
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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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