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Book

Lincoln's boys : John Hay, John Nicolay, and the war for Lincoln's image

Call Number

  • 973.7 Z48 (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Viking, 2014.

Physical Description

viii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincoln's White House through the lives of his two closest aides and confidants.

Contents

  • Prologue: June 13, 1905
  • Exile in the west
  • The homes of free white people
  • It was my privilege to witness
  • The prairies are on fire
  • Wide awake
  • A young man of his age
  • Despotic act in the cause of union
  • God placed him where he is
  • New birth of freedom
  • His heart was too sad
  • Europe
  • Pike County balladeer
  • Breadwinners
  • A model for all good little boys to follow
  • Our ideal hero
  • We are Lincoln men all through
  • Lincolniana
  • The fellows who came of age in the Lincoln years
  • Epilogue: July 25, 1947.

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