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Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O.Stoddard
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Hardcover. William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln's "third secretary" who worked in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907. This book provides an introduction, afterword, and annotations and includes comments by Stoddard's granddaughter. It gives readers a window into the politics, life, and culture of the mid-nineteenth century. Editor(s): Holzer, Harold. Num Pages: 448 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 703.
William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln's ""third secretary"" who worked alongside John G. Nicolay and John Hay in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907, one of more than one hundred books he wrote. An abridged version was published by his son in 1955 as ""Lincoln's Third Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard."" In this new, edited version, ""Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O. Stoddard"", Harold Holzer provides an introduction, afterword, and annotations and includes comments by Stoddard's granddaughter, Eleanor Stoddard. The elegantly written volume gives readers a window into the politics, ... Read more
William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln's ""third secretary"" who worked alongside John G. Nicolay and John Hay in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907, one of more than one hundred books he wrote. An abridged version was published by his son in 1955 as ""Lincoln's Third Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard."" In this new, edited version, ""Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O. Stoddard"", Harold Holzer provides an introduction, afterword, and annotations and includes comments by Stoddard's granddaughter, Eleanor Stoddard. The elegantly written volume gives readers a window into the politics, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809327539
SKU
V9780809327539
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About
Harold Holzer is the senior vice president for external affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era, Holzer is the author, coauthor, or editor of twenty-six books - including The Lincoln Image, The Lincoln Family Album, and Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that ... Read more
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