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Lincoln's sons

by Randall, Ruth Painter
Published by : Little, Brown and Company (Boston, Mass) Physical details: xvi, 373 p. Year: 1956
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900 - 999 973.7092 Ran (Browse shelf) Available Gift 24672

Includes Bibliography and Index




A family on eighth street --
The first two "dear codgers" --
Two more "blessed fellows" --
Growing up in Springfield --
"Me and father" --
"Our eldest boy, Bob ... promises very well" --
"Aint you ... tired of this constant uproar?" --
"Let the children have a good time" --
Young ideas shooting in various directions --
Mourning in the White House --
Father and son in conflict --
"How Mr. Lincoln and Taddie are" --
"To have our Iowa friend at the shindig" --
Tad's little theater and other enterprises --
Catastrophe for the family and the nation --
"I am not a president's son now" --
"Us editors of the budget" --
For Robert double toil and trouble --
Tad goes on a long journey --
Tragedy of mother and son --
"A man ought not to shirk public duties but --
" --
Attention of President Lincoln's son --
The enigma of Robert Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln had four sons, and here is their story, told for the first time by the author of Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage.