John Hay, Friend of Giants: The Man and Life Connecting Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Henry James, and Theodore Roosevelt

by Philip McFarland

Now, perhaps, only those enmeshed in 19th-century American history know his name; but when John Hay died in 1905, he was one of the most famous men in the world. And one of the most highly regarded. Abraham Lincoln's private secretary during the Civil War, thereafter as a popular poet, novelist, newspaper editor, highly esteemed historian and biographer, diplomat, businessman, and secretary of state until his death, Hay enjoyed remarkable success...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442222816
• ISBN13: 9781442222816
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"