Lincoln's Sons"This book attempts to recover ... the personalities and lives of the sons of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. It is the story of four boys, [Robert, Edward, William and Thomas called Tad] born into a typical American family in the eighteen forties and fifties and their growing up, first in a primitive little town in Illinois and then in the White House, the storm center of the nation engaged in a great civil war ... After the assassination of Lincoln the strangely tangled lives of the eldest and youngest sons are followed to the end"--Foreward. |
Contents
A Family on Eighth Street | 3 |
The First Two Dear Codgers | 12 |
Two More Blessed Fellows | 25 |
Copyright | |
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