Lincoln's other White House
By: Elizabeth Brownstein.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: 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.; Cottages -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography.; Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: Rigg's Villa; title: Washington and the White House; title: Embattled retreat; title: The Lincoln marriage; title: Lincoln's Achilles heel; title: Lincoln's favorite storytellers; title: Lincoln and freedom; title: Poems on slavery; title: Lincoln's secretary of war; title: Lincoln and the tools of war; title: Lincoln's quartermaster general; title: Lincoln as commander-in-chief : the soldiers; title: The generals; title: The political general : Daniel Sickles; title: The professional general : Joseph Hooker; title: The political general : Benjamin Butler; title: Lincoln and his cabinet.