The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family

by Jerrold M. Packard

Book Overview

From the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, a nation divided by savage conflict confronted the new president. But what many don't know was that within the White House's walls, the Lincoln's family would soon find itself suffering turmoil mirroring that of the nation he led. Savagely criticized for her extravagance by the American public and widely distrusted because of her southern roots, first lady Mary Lincoln's increasing instability would...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312313020
• ISBN13: 9780312313029
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Good read on the Lincoln family in the White House

Errors appear in even the best edited works. Perhaps the next edition will correct the incorrect information about the "last" photograph. As one of the multitude of Lincoln fans I found this book to contain lots of personal information about Lincoln and his family that I had not read in collected form elsewhere. I value the author's collected research that gives us a brief peek into the life of a very private man with more than his share of family tragedy. The relationship with his sons and wife is much clearer to me now that I have read this work. I consider this a well-written, highly readable account of the A. Lincoln family in the White House and belongs on every Lincoln collector's, if not scholar's bookshelf.