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Lincoln's men
the president and his private secretaries
By Epstein, Daniel Mark
- ISBN
- 978-0-06156-544-1
- Publisher
- New York : Smithsonian Books : c2009.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 6, 2009
This meticulous triple biography looks at Lincoln's three private secretaries, John Nicolay, John Hay and William O. Stoddard. Closer to Lincoln than almost anyone else, these trusted confidantes and advisers handled all of the president's correspondence, acted occasionally as spies and, between Nicolay and Hay, penned the most famous "authorized" biography of Lincoln. Though t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
