1. Creator/Author:
  2. Wynalda, Stephen A. (1)

366 days in Abraham Lincoln's presidency : the private, political, and military decisions of America's greatest president /

Other Title:
Three hundred and sixty-six days in Abraham Lincoln's presidency
Authors:
Wynalda, Stephen A.
Item ID:
71200908404240
Publisher:
New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.
ISBN:
9781602399945 :; 1602399948
Call Number:
E457.45 .W96 2010
Physical Description:
xxvii, 590 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Topic:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Chronology.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Chronology.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-571) and index.; Journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a painstakingly detailed day-by-day breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln's decisions in office--including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his eleven-year-old son, Willie, died. Revealed are Lincoln's private frustrations on September 28, 1862, as he wrote to vice president Hannibal Hamlin, "The North responds to the [Emancipation] proclamation sufficiently with breath; but breath alone kills no rebels"-- From publisher description.; "A Herman Graf book"--T.p.
OCLC Number:
ocn436866985
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets