Considered one of the best treatments of the presidency of Abraham
Lincoln of its time, this portrait of the man and his
administration of the United States at the moment of its greatest
upheaval is both intimate and scholarly. Written by two private
secretaries to the president and first published in 1890, this
astonishingly in-depth work is still praised today for its clear,
easy-to-read style and vitality. This new replica edition features
all the original illustrations. Volume One covers: the Lincoln
lineage from the late 18th century Lincoln's boyhood in Kentucky
and Indiana his experience in the legislature and his early law
practice Lincoln's early opposition to slavery "The Shields Duel"
the campaign for Congress "civil war" in Kansas and much more.
American journalist and statesman JOHN MILTON HAY (1838-1905) was
only 22 when he became a private secretary to Lincoln. A former
member of the Providence literary circle when he attended Brown
University in the late 1850s, he may have been the real author of
Lincoln's famous "Letter to Mrs. Bixby." After Lincoln's death, Hay
later served as editor of the *New York Tribune* and as U.S.
ambassador to the United Kingdom under President William McKinley.
American author JOHN GEORGE NICOLAY (1832-1901) was born in Germany
and emigrated to the U.S. as a child. Before serving as Lincoln's
private secretary, he worked as a newspaper editor and later as
assistant to the secretary of state of Illinois. He also wrote
*Campaigns of the Civil War* (1881).
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