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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND MEN OF WAR-TIMES SOME PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF WAR AND POLITICS DURING THE LINCOLN ADMINISTRATION BY A. K. McClure, LL.D. With an Introduction by Dr. A. C. Lambdin NEAR FINE CONDITION Clean, Bright, Handsome, Solidly-Bound, Antiquarian Book Contains Wonderful Illustrations, Portraits and Fascilime Documents HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, IN 1892 An associate of Abraham Lincoln offers an intimate view of the president's relations with military men and top politicians, placing particular emphasis on the election campaigns of 1860 and 1864. A. K. McClure, a Republican powerbroker and later editor of the Philadelphia Times, reveals how Lincoln replaced Vice President Hannibal Hamlin with the southern Democrat Andrew Johnson on the 1864 ticket. According to McClure, Lincoln kept his hand hidden in order not to offend Hamlin and his New England supporters. In 1892, the publication of Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times caused an angry exchange of letters (included in this edition) between McClure and the late president's secretary, John G. Nicolay. For all his purported nobility, Lincoln was a shrewd and cautious politician, running scared for reelection until major Union army victories in September 1864. McClure writes candidly about William T. Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, and George B. McClellan. Among the politicians discussed are Lincoln's predecessor, James Buchanan, who fixed the Southern policy that Lincoln followed until war came; Salmon P. Chase, the annoyingly ambitious secretary of the treasury; Edwin M. Stanton, the moody secretary of war; and Thaddeus Stevens, the ferocious congressman whose relations with Lincoln were uneasy at best. This book takes the reader far beneath the superficial surface information on Lincoln and his relationships. While McClure was an eyewitness to many of the events described, he maintains an objective viewpoint. An excellent and enthusiastic book to any reader who desires a "fly on the wall' perspective of Lincolns presidency. THIS BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION This 121-year old, antiquarian book is in excellent condition and is nicely bound in dark-green colored oil cloth with impressed, gold-gilded lettering and decorative work on the cover and spine. The cover is clean with no bumping or discernible edge wear. It has light rubbing, but remains attractive and the impressed, gold lettering and image of Lincoln remain clear. The binding is solid throughout the book. It has no looseness or lean and both hinges are fine. The interior is clean and there isn't a mark in the book. It has no writing or smudging in it. The book has only a faint touch of foxing, but it's hard to see and the pages are in great shape overall. The book is loaded with facsimile documents, portrait photos and illustrations. The book features a frontispiece of Lincoln. Overall a very nice antique book on Lincoln!