Nicolay, John G. (John George) 1832-1901

Abraham Lincoln, a history by John G Nicolay ( Book )
43 editions published between 1886 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,285 libraries worldwide

An oral history of Abraham Lincoln : John G. Nicolay's interviews and essays by John G Nicolay ( Book )
5 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in English and held by 1,079 libraries worldwide
John G. Nicolay, who had known Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, served as chief White House secretary from 1861 to 1865. Trained as a journalist, Nicolay had hoped to write a campaign biography of Lincoln in 1860, a desire that was thwarted when an obscure young writer named William Dean Howells got the job. Years later, however, Nicolay fulfilled his ambition; with John Hay, he spent the years from 1872 to 1890 writing a monumental ten-volume biography of Lincoln. In preparation for this task, Nicolay interviewed men who had known Lincoln both during his years in Springfield and later when he became the president of the United States. "When it came time to write their massive biography, however," Burlingame notes, "he and Hay made sparing use of the interviews" because they had become "skeptical about human memory." Nicolay and Hay also feared that Robert Todd Lincoln might censor material that reflected "poorly on Lincoln or his wife." Nicolay had interviewed such Springfield friends as Lincoln's first two law partners, John Todd Stuart and Stephen T. Logan. At the Iillinois capital in June and July 1875, he talked to a number of others including Orville H. Browning, U.S. senator and Lincoln's close friend and adviser for over thirty-five years, and Ozias M. Hatch, Lincoln's political ally and Springfield neighbor. Four years later, he returned briefly and spoke with John W. Bunn, a young political "insider" from Springfield at the time Lincoln was elected president, and once again with Hatch. Briefer and more narrowly focused than the Springfield interviews, the Washington interviews deal with the formation of Lincoln's cabinet, his relations with Congress, his behavior during the war, his humor, and his grief. To supplement these interviews, Burlingame has included Nicolay's unpublished essays on Lincoln during the 1860 campaign and on Lincoln's journey from Springfield to Washington in 1861, essays based on firsthand testimony.

The outbreak of rebellion by John G Nicolay ( Book )
43 editions published between 1881 and 2002 in English and held by 762 libraries worldwide

A short life of Abraham Lincoln : condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln : a history by John G Nicolay ( Book )
28 editions published between 1902 and 2005 in English and held by 656 libraries worldwide

Complete works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
25 editions published between 1894 and 2008 in English and held by 577 libraries worldwide

With Lincoln in the White House : letters, memoranda, and other writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865 by John G Nicolay ( Book )
13 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 493 libraries worldwide

Abraham Lincoln; complete works, comprising his speeches, letters, state papers, and miscellaneous writings by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
15 editions published between 1894 and 1960 in English and held by 316 libraries worldwide

Abraham Lincoln by John G Nicolay ( Book )
11 editions published between 1882 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 292 libraries worldwide

Lincoln's secretary goes West : two reports by John G. Nicolay on frontier Indian troubles, 1862 by John G Nicolay ( Book )
2 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 160 libraries worldwide

Complete works by Abraham Lincoln ( Book )
13 editions published between 1894 and 2004 in English and held by 127 libraries worldwide