Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay

Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay

by Michael Burlingame (Editor)
Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay

Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay

by Michael Burlingame (Editor)

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Overview

In 1890 Abraham Lincoln’s two main White House secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, published the ten-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: A History. Although the authors witnessed the daily events occurring within the executive mansion and the national Capitol, their lengthy biography is more a recounting of the Civil War era than a study of Lincoln’s life.
            Editor Michael Burlingame sifted through the original forty-seven-hundred-page work and selected only the personal observations of the secretaries during the Lincoln presidency, placing ten excerpts in chronological order in Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay.  The result is an important collection of Nicolay and Hay’s interpretations of Lincoln’s character, actions, and reputation, framed by Burlingame’s compelling preface, introduction, chapter introductions, and notes.  The volume provides vivid descriptions of such events as Election Day in 1860, the crisis at Fort Sumter, the first major battle of the war at Bull Run, and Lincoln’s relationship with Edwin Stanton and George McClellan.
           In this clear and captivating new work, Burlingame has made key portions of Nicolay and Hay’s immense biography available to a wide audience of today’s readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780809387403
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 02/20/2007
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Michael Burlingame, Sadowski Professor of History Emeritus at Connecticut College, is the author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln and the editor of eleven books about Lincoln, including An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John G. Nicolay’s Interviews and Essays, winner of the Abraham Lincoln Association Prize. He won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, honorable mention, for his five edited collections of letters, memoranda, editorial essays, lectures, and interviews by Lincoln’s White House private secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, all published by Southern Illinois University Press.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface 00 Introduction 00 1. Election Day 1860 and Cabinet Making 00 2. The Fort Sumter Crisis: March¿April 1861 00 3. Distributing Patronage: 1861 00 4. Frontier Guards at the White House: 1861 00 5. Washington Besieged: April 1861 00 6. The First Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861 00 7. Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton 00 8. Lincoln and General George B. McClellan 00 9. Lincoln Removes McClellan from Command: November 1862 00 10. Cabinet Crisis: December 1862 00 11. Lincoln¿s Fame 00 Notes 000 Index 000
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