Lincoln's Men - The President and His Private Secretaries

"An intimate portrait of Lincoln, so well-drawn that he seems to come alive on the page." -- Charleston Post & Courier Lincoln''s Men by Daniel Mark Epstein offers a fascinating close-up view of the Abraham Lincoln White House through the eyes of Lincoln''s three personal secretaries: John Nicolay, William Stoddard, and John Hay. Like Doris Kearns Goodwin''s monumental New York Times bestseller, Team of Rivals, Epstein''s Lincoln''s Men sheds a new light on the 16 th U.S. president--his brilliance and vision in a time of national turmoil and Civil War--by focusing on his relationships with the men who worked closely by his side. USA Today writes, "This is not your typical work of history. Epstein, a poet, employs a dreamy, novelistic tone in describing these young men and their tormented boss."

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Mark Epstein
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2010
• EAN: 9780061565496
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156549-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; military history, Memoirs, Local History, Political science and theory, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / General, HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: History & Theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, History / American