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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... young Republican Party— many Southerners ridiculed it as the “Abolitionist Party”—Lincoln himself had signaled that the central government would never permit the breakup of the United States. Though disagreements with the federal ...
... When Lincoln rose to speak, he realized his hat was still in his hands and quickly looked around for a place to put it. Stephen Douglas, once the new president's bitterest political enemy and a man who had decades earlier courted young.
... young Mary Todd, reached out and took the hat, graciously keeping it on his lap for the remainder of the ceremonies. The heart of Lincoln's message was his steadfast determination to prevent the breakup of the nation, if necessary by ...
... young people should be little heard and not much more seen. But as a Todd, she would at least be well educated by the virtually universal standards of her day for females. She even became skilled at French, thanks to the efforts of ...
... young woman fascinated and captured Abraham Lincoln's attention as a possible wife. But Lincoln eventually came to perceive her as others did and recognized that her personality might well represent a heavy burden on any life they would ...
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 |