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Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln And The Soldiers' Home
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Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln And The Soldiers' Home Paperback - 2005

by Pinsker, Matthew

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Based on research in rarely tapped sources, especially the letters and memoirs of people who lived or worked at the Soldiers' Home, "Lincoln's Sanctuary" offers the unexpected--a completely fresh view of Abraham Lincoln--through the window of a place that helped shape his presidency. 21 halftones.

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  • Title Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln And The Soldiers' Home
  • Author Pinsker, Matthew
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Oxford Unive
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford Univ Pr, New York
  • Date 2005-01-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1042137
  • ISBN 9780195179859 / 0195179854
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
  • Reading level 1460
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Geographic Orientation: District of Columbia
    • Locality: Washington, D.C.
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -, Washington (D.C.) - Buildings, structures,
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.709

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First line

ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE END OF MAY 1862, MARY LINCOLN RECEIVED a note from a young White House aide that she considered inappropriate.

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Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 04/01/2005, Page 96

About the author

Matthew Pinsker teaches at Dickinson College and writes frequently about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era. He lives with his wife in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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