Inside Lincoln's White House : the complete Civil War diary of John Hay /
On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that ""some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . . and half a dozen others including a daredevil guerrilla from Richmond named Ficklin would do a thing wi...
| Основен автор: | Hay, John, 1838-1905. |
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| Други автори: | Burlingame, Michael, 1941-, Ettlinger, John R. T. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
℗♭1999, ℗♭1997.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=11589 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Inside Lincoln's White House. |
| Резюме: |
On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that ""some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . . and half a dozen others including a daredevil guerrilla from Richmond named Ficklin would do a thing within forty eight hours that would ring through the world.""The women feared that the Virginian planned either to assassinate or to capture the president. Calling this a ""harrowing communication, "" Hay continued his entry: ""They went away and I went to the bedside of the Chief couche. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-369) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0585106584 9780585106588 9780809322626 0809322625 9780809383108 0809383101 9780809320998 0809320991 |