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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... 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.
... election. Slavery indeed oven/vhelmed every other public concern in America, nearly so much that other quarrels about politics and social differences mattered relatively little. A single unavoidable reality stood above this day's events ...
... spirited niece. Since the previous fall's election, Miss Lane had openly belittled the new occupants-to-be as unsophisticated yokels. Harriet had been told on what she believed to be good authority that Mrs. Lincoln in particular.
... working as a law clerk in the older man's Springfield office during the political campaigns leading up to the 1860 election. It was an easy call for Lincoln as the new president-elect to invite the closemouthed Nicolay to accompany.
... election. Instead, his opposition splintered into three factions, splitting the pro-slavery vote and handing the presidency to a candidate whose policies everyone knew—or believed they knew—meant the eventual end of slavery and thus the ...
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 |