Through Five Administrations: Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, and Garfield

by William H. Crook, Margarita Spalding Gerry, Colonel William H Crook

Book Overview

Fifty years of service at the White House in various capacities, including bodyguard to Abraham Lincoln, William H. Crook's memoir brings an astonishing array of personal details of life in the executive mansion. His sensitive observations of Lincoln are especially moving.A well-known figure in Washington, Crook knew every president from Lincoln until Crook's death in 1915. He was a keen observer and his stories will entertain and sometimes surprise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519036140
• ISBN13: 9781519036148
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"