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Lincoln's Other White House: The Untold Story of the Man and His Presidency
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by Elizabeth Smith Brownstein
Elizabeth Smith Brownstein
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Lincoln's Other White House: The Untold Story of the Man and His Presidency
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by Elizabeth Smith Brownstein
Elizabeth Smith Brownstein
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Overview
An intimate look at what Abraham Lincoln's second home in Washington reveals about his life, his presidency, and his family. Called the most important unknown presidential site by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Soldier's Home was the retreat where Abraham Lincoln spent an astonishing quarter of his presidency. Documenting the time Lincoln spent there, this book offers readers the freshest, most intimate portrayal yet of Lincoln in all his guises: father, husband, commander-in-chief, and beloved president. Critically acclaimed author Elizabeth Smith Brownstein explores all the facets of Lincoln's life in a book rich with anecdotes and incisive, often amusing eyewitness accounts that increase our understanding of Lincoln's unusual temperament, the idiosyncratic character of his leadership, and the intensity of his relationships. Elizabeth Smith Brownstein (Washington, DC) is a researcher, writer, and producer of cultural documentaries and public affairs programs. She is also the author of If This House Could Talk ...: Historic Homes, Extraordinary Americans.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781681620053 |
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Publisher: | TURNER PUB CO |
Publication date: | 08/01/2005 |
Pages: | 276 |
Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Born, raised, and educated Taunton, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Smith Brownstein found a love of history very early in life. She furthered her intense interest in American history at Wellesley College and The London School of Economics and Political Science. Her career, spent largely in the production of public affairs programs and cultural documentaries for both public and commercial television, began at CBS headquarters in New York City, where for four years I served as chief television researcher. Elizabeth has worked as writer, researcher, and producer for some of the distinguished, intellectually demanding figures in television: Lawrence Spivak, Eric Sevareid, Martin Agronsky, Adrian Malone, and Martin Carr.
Since the age of 18, Elizabeth has traveled widely in the United States, Europe, and Africa. She traveled across America, visiting over 125 potential sites in 20 states doing research for her first book, If This House Could Talk…Historic Homes, Extraordinary Americans (Simon & Schuster 1999). Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield, Illinois house, the only home he ever owned, was included in the book. Intensive research on that site, together with childhood intrigue for her father’s small Lincolniana collection, furnished the base from which she began working on Lincoln’s Other White House.
Table of Contents
Foreword | ix | |
Prologue | 1 | |
Part 1 | Lincoln's Long Journey to the Soldiers' Home | |
1 | Beginnings | 7 |
2 | The Riggs Villa | 13 |
3 | Washington and the White House | 19 |
Part 2 | Lincoln at the Soldiers' Home | |
4 | Embattled Retreat | 53 |
5 | The Lincoln Marriage | 81 |
6 | Lincoln's Achilles' Heel | 93 |
7 | Lincoln's Favorite Storytellers | 103 |
8 | Lincoln and Freedom | 113 |
9 | Poems on Slavery | 135 |
10 | Lincoln's Secretary of War | 141 |
11 | Lincoln and the Tools of War | 150 |
12 | Lincoln's Quartermaster General | 158 |
13 | Lincoln as Commander in Chief: The Soldiers | 164 |
14 | The Generals | 182 |
15 | The Political General: Daniel Sickles | 185 |
16 | The Professional General: Joseph Hooker | 191 |
17 | The Political General: Benjamin Butler | 199 |
18 | Lincoln and His Cabinet | 209 |
Epilogue | 223 | |
Acknowledgments | 229 | |
Notes | 233 | |
Additional Sources | 251 | |
Index | 253 |
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