House of Abraham : Lincoln and the Todds : A Family Divided by War
by Berry, Stephen
Edition statement:1st Published by : Mariner Books (Boston) Physical details: xv,255 Pages 20x13 cm | PB ISBN:9780547085692. Year: 2009| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | 973.70922 B482H 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | 34718 |
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For all the talk of the Civil War's pitting brother against brother, no book has told fully the story of one family ravaged by that conflict. And no family better illustrates the personal toll the war took than Lincolns own. Mary Todd Lincoln was one of fourteen siblings who were split between the Confederacy and the Union. Three of her brothers fought, and two died, for the South. Several Todds including Mary herself bedeviled Lincolns administration with their scandalous behavior. Their struggles haunted the president and moved him to avoid tactics or rhetoric that would dehumanize or scapegoat the Confederates. By drawing on his own familial experience, Lincoln was able to articulate a humanistic, even charitable view of the enemy that seems surpassingly wise in our time, let alone his.
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