Lincoln's White House
The People's House in Wartime
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: x, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Co-winner of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Lincoln's White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincoln's inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. James Conroy brings to life the people who knew it, from servants to cabinet secretaries. We see the constant stream of visitors, from ordinary citizens to visiting dignitaries and diplomats. Conroy enables the reader to see how the Lincolns lived and how the administration conducted day-to-day business during four of the most tumultuous years in American history. Relying on fresh research and a character-driven narrative and drawing on untapped primary sources, he takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour that provides new insight into how Lincoln lived, led the government, conducted war, and ultimately, unified the country to build a better government of, by, and for the people.
Contents:
The painful sense of becoming educated -- A strange mixture of enthusiasm and greed -- Plain and simple in its appointments -- A miscellaneous assortment of life and character -- The White House is turned into barracks -- It is good to look at beauty once in a while -- Ink stained and work worn -- The Republican queen in her white palace -- This is a God forsaken hole -- Flub dubs for that damned old house -- My public opinion baths -- Bright jewels and bright eyes -- Not an American crime -- Bundles and bales -- Like so many greenhead flies -- Crazy and poetry -- I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House -- And everything seemed to weep.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Washington (D.C.)
White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Washington (D.C.)
White House (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
ISBN:
9781442251342
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Lincoln, Abraham | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.