366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency

The Private, Political, and Military Decisions of America's Greatest President

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government
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Author: Stephen A. Wynalda ISBN: 9781626369153
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Publication: May 18, 2010
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Language: English
Author: Stephen A. Wynalda
ISBN: 9781626369153
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication: May 18, 2010
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English

This innovative blend of biography and history “lets readers browse through a Civil War’s worth of presidential decisions” (Booklist).

In this book, journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a detailed breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln’s decisions in office, in day-by-day chronological order—including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his eleven-year-old son, Willie, died. Revealed are Lincoln’s private frustrations on September 28, 1862, as he wrote to vice president Hannibal Hamlin, “The North responds to the [Emancipation] proclamation sufficiently with breath; but breath alone kills no rebels.”

366 Days in Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency includes fascinating facts like how Lincoln hated to hunt but loved to fire guns near the unfinished Washington monument, how he was the only president to own a patent, and how he recited Scottish poetry to relieve stress. As historian Hugh Blair said, “It is from private life, from familiar, domestic, and seemingly trivial occurrences, that we most often receive light into the real character.”

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This innovative blend of biography and history “lets readers browse through a Civil War’s worth of presidential decisions” (Booklist).

In this book, journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a detailed breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln’s decisions in office, in day-by-day chronological order—including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his eleven-year-old son, Willie, died. Revealed are Lincoln’s private frustrations on September 28, 1862, as he wrote to vice president Hannibal Hamlin, “The North responds to the [Emancipation] proclamation sufficiently with breath; but breath alone kills no rebels.”

366 Days in Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency includes fascinating facts like how Lincoln hated to hunt but loved to fire guns near the unfinished Washington monument, how he was the only president to own a patent, and how he recited Scottish poetry to relieve stress. As historian Hugh Blair said, “It is from private life, from familiar, domestic, and seemingly trivial occurrences, that we most often receive light into the real character.”

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