An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John G. Nicolay's Interviews and Essays

By: Michael Burlingame

Book Overview

John C. Nicolay, who had known Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, served as chief White House secretary from 1861 to 1865. Trained as a journalist, Nicolay had hoped to write a campaign biography of Lincoln in 1860, a desire that was thwarted when an obscure young writer named William Dean Howells got the job. Years later, however, Nicolay fulfilled his ambition; with John Hay, he spent the years from 1872 to 1890 writing a monumental ten-volume biography...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809320541
• ISBN13: 9780809320547
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"