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The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family
Contributor(s): Packard, Jerrold M. (Author)
ISBN: 0312313039     ISBN-13: 9780312313036
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $20.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2006
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Annotation: "Readable, well organized, well researched, and smoothly written. . . . Even those who know Lincoln well may learn something they did not know before."


--- "The ""Washington"" Post Book World"


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"From the day of his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln was confronted with a nation divided by a savage conflict but within the White House walls, ""Lincoln""'s family was as divided as the nation he led."



Criticized by the American public for her extravagance, and distrusted because of her Southern roots, First Lady Mary Lincoln's increasing mental instability would strain her marriage. The presidential couple was devastated when eleven-year-old Willie died in the White House of typhoid fever. Robert Lincoln's success at Harvard made his parents proud, but his relationship with them was troubled and would eventually result in his permanent, painful estrangement. The Lincolns' youngest son Tad, though physically impaired, remained the couple's joy; but the president's assassination coupled with Tad's early death all but destroyed Mary's fragile spirit. Mary finally retreated into deep seclusion, falling further into madness until her own death in 1882. "The Lincolns in the White House" is a moving and poignant portrait of the family life of America's greatest president.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Dewey: 973.7
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia
- Locality - Washington, D.C.
- Topical - Civil War
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
 
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Publisher Description:

Readable, well organized, well researched, and smoothly written. . . . Even those who know Lincoln well may learn something they did not know before.

--- The Washington Post Book World


From the day of his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln was confronted with a nation divided by a savage conflict but within the White House walls, Lincoln's family was as divided as the nation he led.

Criticized by the American public for her extravagance, and distrusted because of her Southern roots, First Lady Mary Lincoln's increasing mental instability would strain her marriage. The presidential couple was devastated when eleven-year-old Willie died in the White House of typhoid fever. Robert Lincoln's success at Harvard made his parents proud, but his relationship with them was troubled and would eventually result in his permanent, painful estrangement. The Lincolns' youngest son Tad, though physically impaired, remained the couple's joy; but the president's assassination coupled with Tad's early death all but destroyed Mary's fragile spirit. Mary finally retreated into deep seclusion, falling further into madness until her own death in 1882. The Lincolns in the White House is a moving and poignant portrait of the family life of America's greatest president.

Contributor Bio(s): Packard, Jerrold M.: - Jerrold Packard's books include the best-selling Victoria's Daughters, the life stories of the five princesses born to Britain's longest-reigning monarch; Sons of Heaven, a chronicle of Japan's monarchy over fourteen centuries; and American Nightmare, the history of Jim Crow and the racial torment that America endured for more than a hundred years in the wake of the Civil War. Mr. Packard lives in Vermont.