Lincoln's sons
Ruth Painter Randall
- Boston, Mass Little, Brown and Company 1956
- xvi, 373 p.
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.
Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 --Family
Abraham Lincoln - Mary Lincoln - Eddie Lincoln - Tad Lincoln - Willie Lincoln - Bob Lincoln