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| | Amazon.com: Books: Meeting Mr. Lincoln : Firsthand Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by People, Great and Small, Who Met ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Lincoln's character for kindness," wrote John M. Bullock, who had gone to the White House to plead on behalf of his dying brother, a Confederate prisoner of war. |
 | | Before approaching the President I felt a natural diffidence, not to say awe, of the man who was Chief Executive of the nation, commander-in-chief of the army and navy, as well as the man who held the life of my brother in his hand.... |
 | | Lincoln is a slim volume, barely over 100 pages, but a fascinating bit of history. |
| www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1566631998?v=glance (684 words) |
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