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Lincoln at Home
David Herbert Donald
其他書名
Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Family Life
出版Simon and Schuster, 2001-01-25
主題Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)History / United States / General
ISBN07432134329780743213431
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=yH2kQ1eIT1YC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋As Lincoln led the nation into the Civil War, managing the Union was 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 by his devotion to his children. Lincoln at Home offers a view into the life of family through their written correspondence.
With a brief account of their first 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 with 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.