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Crowded Out O' Crofield (Esprios Classics)

By: William O. Stoddard

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Crowded Out O' Crofield (Esprios Classics)

By: William O. Stoddard

William Osborn Stoddard (1835-1925) was an American author, inventor, and assistant secretary to Abraham Lincoln during his first term. Stoddard's father was a bookseller, and Stoddard worked in his bookshop while growing up. After graduation, Stoddard was employed in an "editorial position" in 1857 at the Daily Ledger (Chicago); by 1858 he had become editor and proprietor of the Central Illinois Gazette, in Champaign, Illinois. Stoddard knew Lincoln, worked hard for his election, and received a government appointment. After two bouts with typhoid, he left his White House post in July 1864. Stoddard first published work in 1869. He wrote both poetry and fiction, ultimately producing over a hundred books, including 76 books for boys. Stoddard also received nine patents for inventions.

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1034978594

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The Talking Leaves

By: William O. Stoddard

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The Talking Leaves

By: William O. Stoddard

Reproduction of the original: The Talking Leaves by William O. Stoddard

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3752422629

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9783752422627

The Talking Leaves (Esprios Classics)

By: William O. Stoddard

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By: William O. Stoddard

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1034978527

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Dab Kinzer (Esprios Classics)

By: William O. Stoddard

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Dab Kinzer (Esprios Classics)

By: William O. Stoddard

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103497856X

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Lincoln's White House Secretary

The Adventurous Life of William O.Stoddard

By: Harold Holzer

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Lincoln's White House Secretary

The Adventurous Life of William O.Stoddard

By: Harold Holzer

William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln’s “third secretary” who worked alongside John G. Nicolay and John Hay in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907, one of more than one hundred books he wrote. An abridged version was published by his son in 1955 as “Lincoln’s Third Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard.” In this new, edited version, Lincoln’s White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O. Stoddard, Harold Holzer provides an introduction, afterword, and annotations and includes comments by Stoddard’s granddaughter, Eleanor Stoddard. The elegantly written volume gives readers a window into the politics, life, and culture of the mid-nineteenth century. Stoddard’s bracing writing, eye for detail, and ear for conversation bring a novelistic excitement to a story of childhood observations, young friendships, hardscrabble frontier farming, early hints of the slavery crisis, the workings of the Lincoln administration, and the strange course of war and reunion in the southwest. More than a clerk, Stoddard was an adventurous explorer of American life, a farmer, editor, soldier, and politician. Enhanced by seventeen illustrations, this narrative sympathetically draws the reader into the life and times of Lincoln’s third secretary, adding to our understanding of the events and the larger-than-life figures that shaped history.

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SIU Press

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0809327538

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9780809327539

Ahead of the Army (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

By: William O. Stoddard

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Ahead of the Army (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

By: William O. Stoddard

William Osborn Stoddard (Jr) (1835-1925) was an American author. His works include: Dab Kinzer: A Story of a Growing Boy (1881), The Talking Leaves: An Indian Story (1882), The Lives of the Presidents (1886), Crowded Out O' Crofield; or, The Boy Who Made His Way (1890), Inside the White House in War Times (1890), Little Smoke: A Tale of the Sioux (1891), Ahead of the Army (1903) and Captain Of The Cat's Paw (1914).

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1406575585

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9781406575583

Dab Kinzer

By: William O. Stoddard

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Dab Kinzer

By: William O. Stoddard

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Tutis Digital Pub

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8132022076

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9788132022077

Wrecked? A Novel

By: William Osborn Stoddard

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Wrecked? A Novel

By: William Osborn Stoddard

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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3385341949

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9783385341944

The Lost Gold of the Montezumas: A Story of the Alamo

By: William Osborn Stoddard

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The Lost Gold of the Montezumas: A Story of the Alamo

By: William Osborn Stoddard

It was a gloomy place. It would have been dark but for a heap of blazing wood upon a rock at one side. That is, it looked like a rock at first sight, but upon a closer inspection it proved to be a cube of well-fitted, although roughly finished, masonry. It was about six feet square, and there were three stone steps leading up in front. Behind this altar-like structure a vast wall of the natural rock, a dark limestone, had been sculptured into the shape of a colossal and exceedingly ugly human face,—as if the head of a stone giant were half sunken in that side of what was evidently an immense cave. There were men in the cave, but no women were to be seen. Several of the men were standing near the altar, and one of them was putting fuel upon the fire. The only garment worn by any of them was a ragged blanket, the Mexican serape. In the middle of the blanket was a hole, and when the wearer's head was thrust through this he was in full dress. There was no present need for carrying weapons, but arms of all sorts—lances, swords, bows and sheaves of arrows—were strewn in careless heaps along the base of the wall. Besides these, and remarkable for their shapes and sizes, there were a number of curiously carved and ornamented clubs. All the men visible were old and emaciated. They were wrinkled, grimy, dark, with long, black-gray hair, and coal-black, beady eyes. Withal, there was about them a listless, unoccupied, purposeless air, as if they were only half alive. They seemed to see well enough in that lurid half light, and they wandered hither and thither, now and then exchanging a few words in some harsh and guttural dialect that seemed to have no dividing pauses between its interminable words. Nevertheless, this was not the only tongue with which they were familiar, for one of the men at the altar turned to those who were near him and spoke to them in Spanish. "The gods have spoken loudly," he said. "They have been long without service. They are hungry. Tetzcatl will go. He will find if the Americans are strong enough to strike the Spaniards in Texas. He will bring them to serve the gods in the valley of the old kings. He will stir up the Comanches and the Lipans. The Apaches in the west are already busy. The gods will be quiet if he can arouse for them the enemies of Spain.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465518509

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9781465518507

Inside the White House in War Times

Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary

By: William Osborn Stoddard

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Inside the White House in War Times

Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary

By: William Osborn Stoddard

Of the three secretaries who assisted President Abraham Lincoln?John G. Nicolay, John Hay, and William O. Stoddard?only Stoddard wrote an extended memoir about his time in the Executive Mansion. First published in 1890, the book vividly depicts the president?s agonizing reaction to the defeats at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the difficulties encountered (and presented) by Mary Lincoln, the president?s relations with George B. McClellan and other generals, and the anxiety preceding the Merrimack?s epic battle with the Monitor. ø In 1866 Stoddard also penned thirteen ?White House Sketches? about his time in Lincoln?s service. Originally published in an obscure New York newspaper, these essays?never previously collected?supplement Stoddard?s memoir. Together the memoir and sketches provide an intimate look at the sixteenth president during a time of crisis.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803292570

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9780803292574

American Hunter

How Legendary Hunters Shaped America

By: Willie Robertson,William Doyle

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American Hunter

How Legendary Hunters Shaped America

By: Willie Robertson,William Doyle

New York Times bestselling author and star of A&E’s Duck Dynasty, Willie Robertson, teams up with William Doyle, the bestselling coauthor of American Gun, to share the history of America’s most well known hunters. American Hunter is an amazing compilation of the history of America’s greatest hunters. Based on the colorful personalities of powerful men and women, this book begins with the Plains Indians and moves through legendary hunters like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, Lyndon Johnson, and of course, Duck Dynasty’s Robertson family. Also included are the histories of American fox, rabbit, deer, squirrel, duck, goose, and big-game hunting, as well as action biographies of classic hunting weapons. Author Willie Robertson, famed hunter of Duck Dynasty and Duck Commander, lends his voice to share this amazing collection of true stories to tell around the campfire after a long day’s hunt. As Teddy Roosevelt put it, “The virility, clear-sighted common sense and resourcefulness of the American people is due to the fact that we have been a nation of hunters and frequenters of the forest, plains, and waters.” It’s about time we honor American hunters with a book that tells their incredible stories of skill, courage, and survival. American Hunter is the perfect book for everyone who enjoys sweeping tales of American history and for those who love hunting, sport shooting, and wide open spaces.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501111353

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9781501111358

Book's by William Osborn Stoddard

Crowded Out O' Crofield (Esprios Classics)

Crowded Out O' Crofield (Esprios Classics)

The Talking Leaves

The Talking Leaves

The Talking Leaves (Esprios Classics)

The Talking Leaves (Esprios Classics)

Dab Kinzer (Esprios Classics)

Dab Kinzer (Esprios Classics)

Lincoln's White House Secretary

Lincoln's White House Secretary

Ahead of the Army (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Ahead of the Army (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Dab Kinzer

Dab Kinzer

Wrecked? A Novel

Wrecked? A Novel

The Lost Gold of the Montezumas: A Story of the Alamo

The Lost Gold of the Montezumas: A Story of the Alamo

Inside the White House in War Times

Inside the White House in War Times

American Hunter

American Hunter

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