Lincoln's Jewish Spy: The Life and Times of Issachar Zacharie

ISBN-13: 9781476680460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 264 str.

E. Lawrence Abel

Opis

Born into a Sephardic Jewish immigrant family, Dr Issachar Zacharie was the preeminent foot doctor for the American political elite before and during the Civil War, most notably, for Abraham Lincoln. This biography explores Zacharie's life, from his birth in England, through his medical practice, espionage career and campaigning President Lincoln.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Author's Note
• Introduction
• Part One. The Past Is Prologue
•  1. "Sucking the egg"
•  2. "Act according to the custom of that place"
• Part Two. I. Zachariah, Jr., Cheroperdist
•  3. "No Cure No Pay"
•  4. "Where more money could be made faster"
•  5. "We the undersigned"
•  6. "A humble individual"
•  7. California
•  8. "Prince of chiropodists"
•  9. The Mystic Cords of Memory
• 10. "A chiropodist of marvelous skill"
• 11. "Dr. Zacharie has operated on my feet"
• 12. "Ode to Dr. Zacharie"
• 13. "My own chiropodist is a Jew"
• Part Three. Spy and Diplomat
• 14. The General Prohibition
• 15. "Spare no expense"
• 16. Spymaster
• 17. "Monomaniacs"
• 18. A Service He Alone Was Capable Of
• 19. He Lacks Stability
• 20. "Done things for me that would astonish you"
• 21. "Can't go Lincoln"
• 22. "I promised I would elect you"
• 23. "My family are crazy with joy"
• Part Four. Later Years
• 24. "Surely you don't intend to go for Grant"
• 25. "Republics are unquestionably ungrateful"
• 26. Return to England
• 27. Death of an Eccentric Man
• 28. Aftermath
• Appendix: Zacharie's Accounts
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index