Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay

by Michael Burlingame

Book Overview

In 1890 Abraham Lincoln's two main White House secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, published the ten-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: A History. Although the authors witnessed the daily events occurring within the executive mansion and the national Capitol, their lengthy biography is more a recounting of the Civil War era than a study of Lincoln's life.
Editor Michael Burlingame sifted through the original forty-seven-hundred-page...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809327384
• ISBN13: 9780809327386
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"