Inside Lincoln's White House in War Times

...A WORLD OF NATURAL MAJESTY... A unique work on the years of the Lincoln presidency, "The White House in Times of War" provides a look at White House life that is fascinating in detail and very personal in its viewpoint. William O. Stoddard was one of three private secretaries to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. His view back to his youth in the White House from decades later is full of humor, pathos, and abiding affection for the man who he observed closely through the...
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...A WORLD OF NATURAL MAJESTY... A unique work on the years of the Lincoln presidency, "The White House in Times of War" provides a look at White House life that is fascinating in detail and very personal in its viewpoint. William O. Stoddard was one of three private secretaries to Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. His view back to his youth in the White House from decades later is full of humor, pathos, and abiding affection for the man who he observed closely through the war. "There is a world of natural majesty in this man's manner and presence."