Lincoln's boys
Subtitle: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the war for Lincoln's image
By: Joshua Zeitz
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780670025664
Subjects: Friends and associates; Private secretaries; Presidents; Influence; Biography; Staff
Description: A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincoln's White House through the lives of his two closest aides and confidants.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-374) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: June 13, 1905; title: Exile in the west; title: The homes of free white people; title: It was my privilege to witness; title: The prairies are on fire; title: Wide awake; title: A young man of his age; title: Despotic act in the cause of union; title: God placed him where he is; title: New birth of freedom; title: His heart was too sad; title: Europe; title: Pike County balladeer; title: Breadwinners; title: A model for all good little boys to follow; title: Our ideal hero; title: We are Lincoln men all through; title: Lincolniana; title: The fellows who came of age in the Lincoln years; title: Epilogue: July 25, 1947.