The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a FamilyFrom 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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... Davis, wife of Alabama's Senator Jefferson Davis. That renown predictably brought her to the new first lady's attention. Mary Lincoln stood at the beginning of her life at the epicenter of the nation's brightest spotlight, and she was ...
... Davis relied on Keckly was commendation enough for Mary; the first lady greatly admired, as did many in Washington, the courtly Mississippi senator's stunning wife. What was left for the women to negotiate were only the financial ...
... Davis. The animosity this earned Hamlin grew so great that he began to carry a pistol for selfprotection every time he set foot in the Capitol. Eventually, the leaders of the new Republican Party persuaded the Maine senator to abandon ...
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Contents
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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The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family Jerrold M. Packard Limited preview - 2006 |
The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family Jerrold M. Packard Limited preview - 2005 |