1. Creator/Author:
  2. Brownstein, Elizabeth Smith, (1)

Lincoln's other White House /

Authors:
Brownstein, Elizabeth Smith,
Item ID:
MQ24851
Publisher:
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
ISBN:
0471485853 (cloth : acid-free paper)
Call Number:
E457.64 .B76 2005 1
Physical Description:
x, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Topic:
Cottages -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Washington (D.C.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Family.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates.
United States Soldiers' Home -- History -- 19th century.
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index.; Beginnings -- The Riggs Villa -- Washington and the White House -- Embattled retreat -- The Lincoln marriage -- Lincoln's Achilles' heel -- Lincoln's favorite storytellers -- Lincoln and freedom -- Poems on slavery -- Lincoln's Secretary of War -- Lincoln and the tools of war -- Lincoln's quartermaster general -- Lincoln as Commander in Chief : the soldiers -- The generals -- The political general : Daniel Sickles -- The professional general : Joseph Hooker -- The political general : Benjamin Butler -- Lincoln and his cabinet.
OCLC Number:
18113
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets