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 Three covers: South
Carolina's secession Fort Sumter Anderson's truce the military
situation at Charleston the cotton "republics" Lincoln's "secret
night journey" the inauguration Lincoln's cabinet 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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