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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... Lincoln's election as president fourteen weeks earlier had almost guaranteed that half of America would leave the Union. The new “Confederate” flag already flew above the legislative ONE March 4, 1861—Washington City Two Settling.
... weeks in the judgment of its commanding officer, Major Robert Anderson. Lincoln knew the South Carolina state militia's guns that were trained on the island fortress could and would prevent food from arriving. Both of the president's ...
... week for room and board in a Springfield combined tavern and inn, a threadbare affair called the Globe. There in 1843, the year after their wedding, their first child was born, a son they named Robert, for Mary's father. Their modest ...
... , were the first to see the young mother and wife almost out of her mind with grief. For the first time in Mary's life, her pain was such that no one could even help ease it, let alone make it go away, and for weeks she gave.
... weeks she gave herself over to what seemed like a sorrow that would kill her. Neighbors and family experienced a woman refusing food and lying prostrate on her bed, unable to arise or even acknowledge the kind friends who tried to ...
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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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