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ISBN
9780670025664

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670025666
ISBN-13
9780670025664
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166501433

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lincoln's Boys : John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Secretarial Aids & Training, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Author
Joshua Zeitz
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in

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LCCN
2013-017052
Reviews
"What a wonderful, welcome book.  Zeitz has pulled off a difficult task -- revealing how the myth of Lincoln came to be without distorting the true greatness of our extraordinary 16th President."  -- Ken Burns (filmmaker) "Joshua Zeitz's delightful study of John Hay and John Nicolay interweaves intimate biography, political drama, and the shaping of historical memory to produce an arresting and original narrative. Above all, it reminds us that, thanks to Lincoln's secretaries, the moral dimensions of the emancipationist Civil War could not be bleached from the historical record by an increasingly fashionable understanding of the struggle as a romantic 'brothers' conflict'." --Richard Carwardine, author of Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power "Abraham Lincoln was blessed with truly first-rate biographers in John Nicolay and John Hay, so it is 'altogether fitting and proper' that Nicolay and Hay have now attracted a terrific chronicler of their own life and times in Joshua Zeitz.  This fine book traces the extraordinary evolution of Lincoln's two private secretaries from clerks into tireless historians and rabid keepers of the flame. Historians have long remembered their roles as canny observers of the White House during the Civil War, but this study adds much fascinating new material about their peerless role in crafting and preserving the Lincoln image." -Harold Holzer, author of  The Civil War in 50 Objects
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
973.7092/2
Synopsis
A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincoln's White House through the lives of his two closest aides and confidants Lincoln's official secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay enjoyed more access, witnessed more history, and knew Lincoln better than anyone outside of the president's immediate family. Hay and Nicolay were the gatekeepers of the Lincoln legacy. They read poetry and attendeded the theater with the president, commiserated with him over Union army setbacks, and plotted electoral strategy. They were present at every seminal event, from the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address--and they wrote about it after his death. In their biography of Lincoln, Hay and Nicolay fought to establish Lincoln's heroic legacy and to preserve a narrative that saw slavery--not states' rights--as the sole cause of the Civil War. As Joshua Zeitz shows, the image of a humble man with uncommon intellect who rose from obscurity to become a storied wartime leader and emancipator is very much their creation. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs, "Lincoln's Boys" is part political drama and part coming-of-age tale--a fascinating story of friendship, politics, war, and the contest over history and remembrance., A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincoln's White House through the lives of his two closest aides and confidants Lincoln's official secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay enjoyed more access, witnessed more history, and knew Lincoln better than anyone outside of the president's immediate family. Hay and Nicolay were the gatekeepers of the Lincoln legacy. They read poetry and attendeded the theater with the president, commiserated with him over Union army setbacks, and plotted electoral strategy. They were present at every seminal event, from the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to Lincoln's delivery of the Gettysburg Address-and they wrote about it after his death. In their biography of Lincoln, Hay and Nicolay fought to establish Lincoln's heroic legacy and to preserve a narrative that saw slavery-not states' rights-as the sole cause of the Civil War. As Joshua Zeitz shows, the image of a humble man with uncommon intellect who rose from obscurity to become a storied wartime leader and emancipator is very much their creation. Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs, Lincoln's Boys is part political drama and part coming-of-age tale-a fascinating story of friendship, politics, war, and the contest over history and remembrance.
LC Classification Number
E457.2.Z45 2014

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  • by teachem7
    07 May, 2024

    Great purchase.

    Nicolay and John Hay were with President Lincoln in the White House, even sharing a bedroom there. They were eye-witnesses to many historical events, but also closely observed the President. This is a very interesting book. It was described honestly and received as described.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by redwingjg
    29 Dec, 2024

    Other than one tear on the spine of the ...

    Other than one tear on the spine of the dust jacket, this book looks new.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by harr.a7
    21 Oct, 2020

    Books condition

    Great condition, good price and very interesting read about the inside of Lincolns White House

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by sdnat_77
    24 Nov, 2022

    History of my relatives

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  • by doolittlerd77
    23 Nov, 2020

    Great Book

    Insight to Nicolay and Hay

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