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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... Abolitionist Party”—Lincoln himself had signaled that the central government would never permit the breakup of the United States. Though disagreements with the federal government over “states' rights” headed the South's list of ...
... abolitionist. After an undergraduate education at Brown University, followed by law school (gaining a very different grounding in the law from Nicolay's then common but less structured apprenticeship in the discipline), Nicolay ...
... abolitionist politician by avocation. Though a Democrat, he hewed to the antislavery wing of the party and served with distinction in both the US. House of Representatives and Senate. In the latter body, his political views on slavery ...
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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 |