Giant in the shadows : the life of Robert T. Lincoln
2012
923.273 L736em 2012
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Title
Giant in the shadows : the life of Robert T. Lincoln
Published
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
Description
xiv, 600 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
923.273 L736em 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)706965661
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-584) and index.
Contents: Introduction -- "I was born in the Globe Tavern" -- "Is bicarb a swear word" -- "The most profitable [year] of my life" -- "Robert Lincoln has been dubbed the prince of rails!" -- "He is only Mr. Robert Lincoln, of Cambridge" -- "A very dreadful night" -- "I feel utterly without spirit or courage" -- "One of the most promising young men of the West" -- "I am likely to have a great deal of trouble" -- "I am in better shape than most" -- "I have done my duty as I best know" -- "I could have stopped this scheme with little trouble" -- "I don't want to be Minister to England or anywhere else" -- "How many hours of sorrow have I passed in this town" -- "The best Secretary of War since Jefferson Davis" -- "I am not a candidate" -- "I expect only the greatest satisfaction" -- "I don't want to be nobody nor nothink except a Chicago shyster" -- "As much a man of destiny as his lamented father" -- "Minister Lincoln was quietness personified" -- "What would his father say?" -- "I am now a Vermont farmer!" -- "My filial gratitude cannot find adequate expression" -- "I am now enjoying life" -- "He simply went to sleep" -- Epilogue: "His own place in the sun".
L2014M101
Numerous references to Larz Anderson, Nicholas Longworth Anderson & Robert Anderson; index conflates two Larz Andersons (Larz Anderson II (p. 49) is the grandfather of Larz Anderson III).
Biography of the famous lawyer, businessman, and statesman who, much more than merely the son of America's most famous president, made his own indelible mark on one of the most progressive and dynamic eras in United States history.
Contents: Introduction -- "I was born in the Globe Tavern" -- "Is bicarb a swear word" -- "The most profitable [year] of my life" -- "Robert Lincoln has been dubbed the prince of rails!" -- "He is only Mr. Robert Lincoln, of Cambridge" -- "A very dreadful night" -- "I feel utterly without spirit or courage" -- "One of the most promising young men of the West" -- "I am likely to have a great deal of trouble" -- "I am in better shape than most" -- "I have done my duty as I best know" -- "I could have stopped this scheme with little trouble" -- "I don't want to be Minister to England or anywhere else" -- "How many hours of sorrow have I passed in this town" -- "The best Secretary of War since Jefferson Davis" -- "I am not a candidate" -- "I expect only the greatest satisfaction" -- "I don't want to be nobody nor nothink except a Chicago shyster" -- "As much a man of destiny as his lamented father" -- "Minister Lincoln was quietness personified" -- "What would his father say?" -- "I am now a Vermont farmer!" -- "My filial gratitude cannot find adequate expression" -- "I am now enjoying life" -- "He simply went to sleep" -- Epilogue: "His own place in the sun".
L2014M101
Numerous references to Larz Anderson, Nicholas Longworth Anderson & Robert Anderson; index conflates two Larz Andersons (Larz Anderson II (p. 49) is the grandfather of Larz Anderson III).
Biography of the famous lawyer, businessman, and statesman who, much more than merely the son of America's most famous president, made his own indelible mark on one of the most progressive and dynamic eras in United States history.
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