The Resource Lincoln's White House : the people's house in wartime, James B. Conroy
Lincoln's White House : the people's house in wartime, James B. Conroy
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The item Lincoln's White House : the people's house in wartime, James B. Conroy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Lincolns White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincolns inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. We see the constant stream of visitors, from ordinary citizens to visiting dignitaries and diplomats. Relying on fresh research and a character-driven narrative and drawing on untapped primary sources, Conroy takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour that provides new insight into how Lincoln lived, led the government, conducted war, and ultimately, unified the country to build a better government of, by, and for the people
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 311 pages
- Contents
-
- The painful sense of becoming educated
- A strange mixture of enthusiasm and greed
- Plain and simple in its appointments
- A miscellaneous assortment of life and character
- The White House is turned into barracks
- It is good to look at beauty once in a while
- Ink stained and work worn
- The Republican queen in her white palace
- This is a God-forsaken hole
- This damned old house
- My public opinion baths
- Bright jewels and bright eyes
- Not an American crime
- Bundles and bales
- Like so many greenhead flies
- Crazy and poetry
- I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House
- And everything seemed to weep
- Isbn
- 9781442251342
- Label
- Lincoln's White House : the people's house in wartime
- Title
- Lincoln's White House
- Title remainder
- the people's house in wartime
- Statement of responsibility
- James B. Conroy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Lincolns White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincolns inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. We see the constant stream of visitors, from ordinary citizens to visiting dignitaries and diplomats. Relying on fresh research and a character-driven narrative and drawing on untapped primary sources, Conroy takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes tour that provides new insight into how Lincoln lived, led the government, conducted war, and ultimately, unified the country to build a better government of, by, and for the people
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Conroy, James B
- Dewey number
- 973.7
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E456
- LC item number
- .C76 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Lincoln, Abraham
- White House (Washington, D.C.)
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Lincoln's White House : the people's house in wartime, James B. Conroy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The painful sense of becoming educated -- A strange mixture of enthusiasm and greed -- Plain and simple in its appointments -- A miscellaneous assortment of life and character -- The White House is turned into barracks -- It is good to look at beauty once in a while -- Ink stained and work worn -- The Republican queen in her white palace -- This is a God-forsaken hole -- This damned old house -- My public opinion baths -- Bright jewels and bright eyes -- Not an American crime -- Bundles and bales -- Like so many greenhead flies -- Crazy and poetry -- I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House -- And everything seemed to weep
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442251342
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- 942838569
- (OCoLC)942838569
- Label
- Lincoln's White House : the people's house in wartime, James B. Conroy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The painful sense of becoming educated -- A strange mixture of enthusiasm and greed -- Plain and simple in its appointments -- A miscellaneous assortment of life and character -- The White House is turned into barracks -- It is good to look at beauty once in a while -- Ink stained and work worn -- The Republican queen in her white palace -- This is a God-forsaken hole -- This damned old house -- My public opinion baths -- Bright jewels and bright eyes -- Not an American crime -- Bundles and bales -- Like so many greenhead flies -- Crazy and poetry -- I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House -- And everything seemed to weep
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442251342
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- 942838569
- (OCoLC)942838569
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