Recollection of Men and Things at Washington, During the Third of a Century
Author: Lawrence Augustus Gobright
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Published: 1869
Total Pages: 446
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Author: Lawrence Augustus Gobright
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Published: 1869
Total Pages: 446
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 268
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Don Fehrenbacher
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1996-11-01
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9780804764889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first comprehensive collection of remarks attributed to Abraham Lincoln by his contemporaries. Much of what is known or believed about the man comes from such utterances, which have been an important part of Lincoln biography. About his mother, for instance, he never wrote anything beyond supplying a few routine facts, but he can be quoted as stating orally that she was the illegitimate daughter of a Virginia aristocrat. Similarly, there is no mention of Ann Rutledge in any of his writings, but he can be quoted as saying when he was president-elect, “I did honestly and truly love the girl and think often, often of her now.” Did Lincoln make a conditional offer to evacuate Fort Sumter in April 1861? Did he personally make the decision to restore General McClellan to army command in September 1862? To whom did he first reveal his intention to issue an emancipation proclamation? Did he label the Gettysburg address a failure right after delivering it? Did he, just a few days before his assassination, dream of a president lying dead in the White House? All of these questions, and many others, arise from recollective quotations of Lincoln, and the answer in each instance depends upon how one appraises the reliability of such recollection.
Author: Constance McLaughlin Green
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-04-09
Total Pages: 1093
ISBN-13: 1400847699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA one-volume edition, this history of Washington was originally published in two parts. Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878 was awarded the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: Elliot King
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 0415880270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work brings together the essential writings that every student of journalism should know. It presents 40 of the most important works about journalism arranged thematically to enable students to think deeply and broadly about journalism - its social impact, its history, key individuals and institutions, its practice and its future.
Author: David Hochfelder
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1421407973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA complete history of how the telegraph revolutionized technological practice and life in America. Telegraphy in the nineteenth century approximated the internet in our own day. Historian and electrical engineer David Hochfelder offers readers a comprehensive history of this groundbreaking technology, which employs breaks in an electrical current to send code along miles of wire. The Telegraph in America, 1832–1920 examines the correlation between technological innovation and social change and shows how this transformative relationship helps us to understand and perhaps define modernity. The telegraph revolutionized the spread of information—speeding personal messages, news of public events, and details of stock fluctuations. During the Civil War, telegraphed intelligence and high-level directives gave the Union war effort a critical advantage. Afterward, the telegraph helped build and break fortunes and, along with the railroad, altered the way Americans thought about time and space. With this book, Hochfelder supplies us with an introduction to the early stirrings of the information age.
Author: Edward Channing
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 504
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 678
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Published: 2019-03
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9783337752576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2009-02-12
Total Pages: 976
ISBN-13: 0141931418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision for peace. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. A book to bury yourself in.