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The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
360 pages, Hardcover
Published July 25, 2007
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November 16, 2022
Shows you what Abe Lincoln was really like, and it's adorable.
August 3, 2016
I really enjoyed this book. I have read 5 or 6 books about Abraham Lincoln and this one is very unique. It isn't a traditional story at all. The author was commissioned to paint the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and spent 6 months at the White House on the project. This book is a collection of interactions with the president as well as some letters and documents from others at the time. It includes very intimate details about Abraham Lincoln and helps one understand more deeply his character. This is my favorite exchange: President Lincoln, in response to a clergyman who said that he "hoped the Lord was on our side" said this, "I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the LORD's side."
December 22, 2014
Wonderful inside account of living in Lincoln's White House while painting the famous "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation."
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