Lincoln's Sons

xiv, [1], 270 p., [6] leaves of plates: ill.; 22 cm. Bibliography. With insight and humor, Mrs. Randall presents each of the sons, and in te process cases light on the rarely seen aspects of their parents; Mrs. Lincoln's passionate maternity; Mr. Lincoln's boundless affection for his children. Eddie is necessarily glimpsed only briefly, he died in Springfield at the age of four. Willie died while Lincoln was President, and his death during the darkest days of the Civil War was a tragic blow to the family. Tad was a famous prankster in the White House. He survived his father, but not for long. Robert Todd Lincoln survived into adulthood, dealt with his mother's finances and mental illness, and was a statesman (Secretary of War) and an industrialist (President of the Pullman Company), yet carried the burden of his martyred father with him throughout his life. Good in very good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tears and some rubbing and chips.