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Author Temple, Wayne Calhoun, 1924- author.

Title Lincoln's confidant : the life of Noah Brooks / Wayne C. Temple ; edited by Douglas L. Wison and Rodney O. Davis ; introduction by Michael Burlingame
Published Urbana : Published by the Knox College Lincolns Studies Center and the University of Illinois Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource
Series The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center series
Knox College Lincoln Studies Center series.
Contents Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction; "Noah Brooks, 1830-1903"; I. From Maine's "Aristocracy of the Sea"; Importance of Brooks; Personal Description; Ancestry; Youth and Education; II. Paint and Printer's Ink; Goes to Boston; Art and Journalism; The Paint Shop; III. Five Years in the Midwest; The Paint and Furniture Business; Community Activities; Land Speculation; Journalism and Politics; Farming in Kansas; IV. "The Plains Across"; Goes to California; Paint and Journalism in Marysville; V. "Washington in Lincoln's Time."
VI. Companion to LincolnVII. "The Close of Lincoln's Career"; VIII. Naval Officer and Newspaper Editor; Naval Officer at San Francisco; Returns to Journalism; Working with Young People and Recreation; Assistant Editor of Overland Monthly; IX. Night Editor in New York; The New York Tribune; The New York Times and Associated Activities; The Critic Established; A Tour of the West; A Joke on Mark Twain; The American Copyright League; Short Stories and Children's Literature; X.A Club Man in New York; The Lotos Club; The Century Association; The Authors Club; The New England Society
XI. The Fruitful YearsThe Newark Daily Advertiser; Clubs and Other Activities; Literary Work; Notes; Editors' Acknowledgments; Index; About the Authors
Summary "Acclaimed as one of the great Lincoln scholars, Wayne C. Temple offers the long-awaited first biography of Noah Brooks, the influential Illinois journalist who championed Abraham Lincoln in state politics and became his almost daily companion during the Civil War. Best remembered as one of the president's few true intimates, Brooks was also a nationally recognized man of letters who mingled with the likes of Mark Twain and Bret Harte. Temple draws on archives and papers long thought lost to re-create Brooks's colorful life and relationship with Lincoln. Brooks's closeness to the president made him privy to Lincoln's thoughts on everything from literature to spirituality. Their frank conversations contributed to the wealth of journalism and personal observations that still make Brooks a much-quoted source for biographers, historians, and Lincoln aficionados. A grand history and unparalleled scholarly resource, Lincoln's Confidant is the story of an extraordinary friendship by one of the giants of Lincoln scholarship."--Amazon.com
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903 -- Biography
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates
SUBJECT Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903 fast
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast
Brooks, Noah 1830-1903 gnd
Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 gnd
Subject Journalists -- United States.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
Authors, American
Friendship
Journalists
Journalist
SUBJECT United States -- History -- 1849-1877. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140204
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Wilson, Douglas L. (Douglas Lawson), 1935- editor.
Davis, Rodney O., editor
Burlingame, Michael, 1941- writer of introduction.
LC no. 2019718675
ISBN 9780252050916
0252050916