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Lincoln As I Knew Him: Gossip, Tributes, and Revelations from His Best Friends and Worst Enemies - Hardcover
Sifting through letters, diary entries, books, and speeches for information about Lincoln the man, the author unearthed evidence that he was a terrible dresser, loved baudy jokes and stories, and was a push-over around children.
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"There are gems throughout." -"Chicago Tribune "
"[A] revelatory little book." -"Parade Magazine "
"[A] revelatory little book." "Parade Magazine "
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There are gems throughout. "Chicago Tribune "
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"[A] revelatory little book." Parade Magazine
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There are gems throughout. Chicago Tribune
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"[A] revelatory little book." --Parade Magazine
"There are gems throughout." --Chicago Tribune
"Inspiring . . . A collection that sheds light not only on Lincoln but also on his times." --Publishers Weekly
"Wonderfully thorough . . . even the most well-read of Lincoln lovers is sure to find something they have never read before." -- The Civil War News
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"[A] revelatory little book." -"Parade Magazine "
"[A] revelatory little book." "Parade Magazine "
"
There are gems throughout. "Chicago Tribune "
"
"[A] revelatory little book." Parade Magazine
"
There are gems throughout. Chicago Tribune
"
"[A] revelatory little book." --Parade Magazine
"There are gems throughout." --Chicago Tribune
"Inspiring . . . A collection that sheds light not only on Lincoln but also on his times." --Publishers Weekly
"Wonderfully thorough . . . even the most well-read of Lincoln lovers is sure to find something they have never read before." -- The Civil War News
What was Lincoln really like?
Depends on whom you ask...
Here are first-hand recollections from the famous (Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne) to the not-so-famous to the downright infamous (John Wilkes Booth).
Military men on Lincoln's leadership: "The President is nothing more than a well meaning baboon."
--General George McClellan
Journalists on Lincoln's character: "No man living has a kinder heart."
--Noah Brooks
Artists on Lincoln's appearance: "Mr. Lincoln had the saddest face I ever attempted to paint."
--Francis Bicknell Carpenter
Lady friends on Lincoln's courtship manners: "Mr. Lincoln was deficient in those little links which make up the great chain of womans happiness."
--Mary Owens
Advance Praise for Lincoln As I Knew Him:
"Inspiring ... A collection that sheds light not only on Lincoln but also on his times."
--Publisher's Weekly
"A pleasing admixture of the strange and the familiar, of poignance and humor, of iron and irony."
--Kirkus Reviews
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- PublisherAlgonquin Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 156512166X
- ISBN 13 9781565121669
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages269
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