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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... day's long and tiring ceremony, Abraham and Mary Lincoln cheerfully crossed the threshold into the White House ... Day. Lincoln's election as president fourteen weeks earlier had almost guaranteed that half of America would leave the ...
... 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 remained in Illinois, practicing law, spinning amusing tales, and playing doting father to his ...
... day's trials, constantly tugged at the white kid evening gloves Mary insisted he wear for the sake of etiquette. The ... day held her husband's hatjust as many years before in her native Lexington he had held her hand as a suitor for her ...
... day's sun rose to brighten the city. THE CAPITAL Though Washington had been the nation's capital for six decades, the city was far from having yet taken its modern shape by the time of Lincoln's inauguration, with Pierre-Charles L ...
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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 |