Lincoln At Home

By the acclaimed two-time Pulitzer prize winner, author of the definitive "Lincoln," a beautifully packaged and affordable portrait of the Lincolns at home in the White House.

List of contents

Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART I

"THIS DAMNED OLD HOUSE"

The Lincolns in the White House

PART II

FAMILY LETTERS

The Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Robert Todd Lincoln

1848-1865

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

About the author

David Herbert Donald is the author of We Are Lincoln Men, Lincoln, which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize and was on the New York Times bestseller list for fourteen weeks, and Lincoln at Home. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War, and for Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe. He is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and of American Civilization Emeritus at Harvard University and resides in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Summary

As Lincoln led the nation into the Civil War, managing the Union war effort, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, winning reelection in 1864, and planning the Reconstruction of the South, he also led a private life, defined by his close relationship with his wife and his devotion to his children. Lincoln at Home offers a view into the life of the family through their written correspondence.
With a brief account of their years in the White House and the complete collection of all the known letters exchanged by Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, this elegant portrait defines the sixteenth president as a dedicated -- though often a desperately busy and distracted -- family man.
Lincoln at Home is an intimate and rare glimpse of the president as husband and father, a cheerful man pinned to the floor while playing with his children, and a desolate man struck down by grief at the death of his son. Beyond this, we are shown a personal side of the man who managed one of the most difficult periods in American history.

Product details

• Authors: David Herbert Donald, Donald David Herbert
• Publisher: Fireside USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2003
• EAN: 9780743211420
• ISBN: 978-0-7432-1142-0
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War