Conversations with Lincoln

ISBN-13: 9780765809339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 453 str.

Abraham Lincoln; Charles M. Segal; David Herbert Donald

Opis

A Lincoln book that says something new is a rarity. Conversations with Lincoln is just such a book. In it Charles M. Segal has collected and presented more than one hundred interviews with Lincoln as President-elect and President. As a revelation of the intimate, human side of Abraham Lincoln, it will be a source of endless fascination to every reader interested in the Civil War era. This is a wide-ranging and engaging volume. The conversations collected here (between 1860 and 1865) range from brief remarks to extended discussions. Mr. Segal introduces each interview and the personalities involved. The collection is arranged chronologically, giving a rich picture of the Lincoln presidency.

Spis treści

Introduction; Preface to Conversations with Lincoln; 1: “Miscellaneous and Incongruous Elements”; 2: “Fortunate for the Peace”; 3: “Think Calmly and Well”; 4: “The Heather Is on Fire”; 5: “The Fat’s in the Fire”; 6: “The Gases of Public Exasperation”; 7: “Like a Chinaman Beating His Swords”; 8: “Anything but a Bed of Roses”; 9: “A Leader to Speak the Bold Word”; 10: “It Is Not Best to Swap Horses”; 11: “It Made My Heart Jump”

O autorze

Charles Segal