Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks

Baltimore/London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with minimal wear, former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap), otherwise unmarked; the jacket is flawless apart from some very light surface wear to the rear panel]. A valuable companion piece to journalist Brooks's famous 1895 memoir "Washington in Lincoln's Time." That volume, although an invaluable resource on the Civil War period, "included none of the raw material -- wartime dispatches, selected letters, and personal reminiscences -- which [the editor] collects fo the first time in [this book, which] provides a singular perspective on Lincoln's last years and a solid appraisal of the president's personality and politics. [The book] offers an intimate portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a riveting insider's account of Washington during the Civil War." .