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Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image

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Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image

A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincolnâ€™s White House through the lives of his two closest aides and confidants

Lincolnâ€™s official secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay enjoyed more access, witnessed more history, and knew Lincoln better than anyone outside of the presidentâ€™s immediate family. Hay and Nicolay were the gatekeepers of the Lincoln legacy. They read poetry and attendeded the theater with the president, commiserated with him over Union army setbacks, and plotted electoral strategy. They were present at every seminal event, from the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to Lincolnâ€™s delivery of the Gettysburg Addressâ€”and they wrote about it after his death.

In their biography of Lincoln, Hay and Nicolay fought to establish Lincolnâ€™s heroic legacy and to preserve a narrative that saw slaveryâ€”not statesâ€™ rightsâ€”as the sole cause of the Civil War. As Joshua Zeitz shows, the image of a humble man with uncommon intellect who rose from obscurity to become a storied wartime leader and emancipator is very much their creation.

Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs, Lincolnâ€™s Boys is part political drama and part coming-of-age taleâ€”a fascinating story of friendship, politics, war, and the contest over history and remembrance.

Country	USA
Author	Joshua Zeitz
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781101638071
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Penguin Books
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
NumberOfPages	386
PublicationDate	2014-02-04
Publisher	Penguin Books
ReleaseDate	2014-02-04
Studio	Penguin Books

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