Your friend forever, A. Lincoln : the enduring friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed /

In the spring of 1837, a "long, gawky, ugly, shapeless man" walked into Joshua Speed's dry-goods store and asked for supplies for a bed. He couldn't afford the price, but Speed was taken with the visitor, who "threw such charm around him" and betrayed a "perfect na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strozier, Charles B.
Otros Autores: Soini, Wayne, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Speed, Joshua F. > (Joshua Fry), > 1814-1882.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Speed, Joshua F. > (Joshua Fry), > 1814-1882
Friendship.
Amitié.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Friendship
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note on sources
  • Beginnings
  • Two friends, one bed
  • Friendship
  • Depression
  • Sex and prostitution
  • Broken engagement
  • The winter of discontent
  • Kentucky bluegrass
  • Homeward bound
  • A vicarious romance
  • Mary Todd, once again
  • The crucible of greatness
  • Conclusion: on friendship
  • List of abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index.

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