Lincoln's White House secretary : the adventurous life of William O. Stoddard

Lincoln's White House secretary : the adventurous life of William O. Stoddard / edited by Harold Holzer.

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 "...

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Main Author: Stoddard, William O., 1835-1925
Other Authors: Holzer, Harold
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Stoddard, William O., > 1835-1925.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Stoddard, William O., > 1835-1925 > Homes and haunts > New York (State)
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Stoddard, William O., > 1835-1925
Stoddard, William Osborn.
1861-1865
Presidents > United States > Staff > Biography.
Secretaries > United States > Biography.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Friendship
Homes
Journalists
Politics and government
Presidents > Staff
Secretaries
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
New York (State)
United States
Washington (D.C.)
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Stoddard Family Tree; 2. Childhood in Rochester; 3. Boyhood in Homer; 4. The Old Garret and Other Wonders; 5. In the Village; 6. The River; 7. The Hill and the Woods; 8. The Academy and the Shop; 9. Syracuse: The Young City; 10. The Onondaga Street House; 11. Hoyt's School; 12. The Bookstore; 13. The New Garret; 14. The Church; 15. The Jerry Rescue Riot; 16. Miscellaneous; 17. Going to College; 18. College Days; 19. Junior Year; 20. Grand Prairie; Gallery; 21. Log Cabin Home; 22. Prairie Life.
  • 23. Prairie Winter24. Frontier Journalism; 25. Forward; 26. Suppers, Characters, and Incidents; 27. Lincoln and a New Beginning; 28. War; 29. A New Life in Washington; 30. The War City; 31. Guns and Things at the White House; 32. A Very Busy Year; 33. Wartime Enterprises; 34. About Mr. Lincoln; 35. The Long Winter of 1862; 36. Forward March; 37. On Assignment by the President; 38. Year of Decision, 1864; 39. Notes from the Southwest, and the Death of Lincoln; Afterword: Picturing Lincoln; Post Impressions; Notes; Index; Author Bio.

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