Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime
- ISBN-10
- 1538113910
- ISBN-13
- 9781538113912
- Category
- Presidents
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Author
- James B. Conroy
Description
Lincoln's White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincoln's inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865.
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- 2016-10-15
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