{"product_id":"recollections-of-abraham-lincoln-1847-1865-9780803279506","title":"Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865","description":"When President-elect Abraham Lincoln was preparing to go to Washington he appealed to his old friend and law partner Ward Hill Lamon: \"I want you to go along with me. . . . In fact I must have you. So get yourself ready and come along.\" Lamon journeyed from Springfield to Washington in 1861 and returned to Illinois in mourning in 1865. Lincoln chose Lamon as his bodyguard when he slipped into Washington by night to foil conspirators intent on murder. The president sent him on missions and appointed him marshal of the District of Columbia. During that time of civil war Lincoln was often dispirited, and Lamon tried to cheer him. \u003cp\u003eThese recollections were compiled from Lamon's notes and papers by his daughter, Dorothy, and published in 1895. The expanded second edition of 1911 has been used for this reprinting. \u003ci\u003eRecollections of Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e has often been cited for its firsthand testimony about key episodes and incidents, including at the phantom-like train trip to Washington in 1861, a visit to Charleston during the secession crisis, and Lincoln's foreboding dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs James A. Rawley points out in his introduction, Lamon's recollections of Lincoln's personal qualities an presidency are important to history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ward Hill Lamon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 4.86w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803279506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames A. Rawley, a Carl Adolph Happold Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is the author of \u003ci\u003eTurning Points of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), also available as a Bison Book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45022806605939,"sku":"9780803279506","price":37.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d8d6e561-5f72-477c-a0d1-35afed1f227d.jpg?v=1779280665","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/recollections-of-abraham-lincoln-1847-1865-9780803279506","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}