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At Lincoln's Side: John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings
Contributor(s): Burlingame, Michael (Editor)
ISBN: 0809327112     ISBN-13: 9780809327119
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: John Hay believed that " real history is told in private letters, " and the more than 220 surviving letters and telegrams from his Civil War days prove that to be true, showing Abraham Lincoln in action: " The Tycoon is in fine whack. I have rarely seen him more serene & busy. He is managing this war, the draft, foreign relations, and planning a reconstruction of the Union, all at once. I never knew with what tyrannous authority he rules the Cabinet, till now. The most important things he decides & there is no cavil."


Along with Hay' s personal correspondence, Burlingame includes his surviving official letters. Though lacking the " literary brilliance of [Hay' s] personal letters, " Burlingame explains, " they help flesh out the historical record." Burlingame also includes some of the letters Hay composed for Lincoln' s signature, including the celebrated letter of condolence to the Widow Bixby.


More than an inside glimpse of the Civil War White House, Hay' s surviving correspondence provides a window on the world of nineteenth-century Washington, D.C.



Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State
Dewey: 973.709
Lexile Measure: 1310
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.58" W x 8.76" (0.98 lbs) 328 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
 
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John Hay believed that real history is told in private letters, and the more than 220 surviving letters and telegrams from his Civil War days prove that to be true, showing Abraham Lincoln in action: The Tycoon is in fine whack. I have rarely seen him more serene and busy. He is managing this war, the draft, foreign relations, and planning a reconstruction of the Union, all at once. I never knew with what tyrannous authority he rules the Cabinet, till now. The most important things he decides and there is no cavil. Along with Hay's personal correspondence, Burlingame includes his surviving official letters. Though lacking the literary brilliance of Hay's] personal letters, Burlingame explains, they help flesh out the historical record. Burlingame also includes some of the letters Hay composed for Lincoln's signature, including the celebrated letter of condolence to the Widow Bixby.

Contributor Bio(s): Burlingame, Michael: - Michael Burlingame is the author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life, The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, and Lincoln and the Civil War and the editor of many collections of Lincoln primary source materials. He is the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield.