Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime
Book Details
Author(s)
James B. Conroy
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN / ASIN
1442251344
ISBN-13
9781442251342
Availability
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Sales Rank
#168,645
Category
Architecture
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
Co-winner of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
Lincoln s White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincoln s inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. James Conroy brings to life the people who knew it, from servants to cabinet secretaries. We see the constant stream of visitors, from ordinary citizens to visiting dignitaries and diplomats. Conroy enables the reader to see how the Lincolns lived and how the administration conducted day-to-day business during four of the most tumultuous years in American history. Relying on fresh research and a character-driven narrative and drawing on untapped primary sources, he takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour that provides new insight into how Lincoln lived, led the government, conducted war, and ultimately, unified the country to build a better government of, by, and for the people.
Lincoln s White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincoln s inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. James Conroy brings to life the people who knew it, from servants to cabinet secretaries. We see the constant stream of visitors, from ordinary citizens to visiting dignitaries and diplomats. Conroy enables the reader to see how the Lincolns lived and how the administration conducted day-to-day business during four of the most tumultuous years in American history. Relying on fresh research and a character-driven narrative and drawing on untapped primary sources, he takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour that provides new insight into how Lincoln lived, led the government, conducted war, and ultimately, unified the country to build a better government of, by, and for the people.
