TY - BOOK AU - Zeitz,Joshua TI - Lincoln's boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the war for Lincoln's image SN - 9780670025664 (hardcover) AV - E457.2 .Z45 2014 U1 - 973.7092/2 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Viking KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Hay, John, KW - Nicolay, John G. KW - Private secretaries KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Presidents KW - Staff N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-374) and index; Prologue: June 13, 1905 -- Exile in the west -- The homes of free white people -- It was my privilege to witness -- The prairies are on fire -- Wide awake -- A young man of his age -- Despotic act in the cause of union -- God placed him where he is -- New birth of freedom -- His heart was too sad -- Europe -- Pike County balladeer -- Breadwinners -- A model for all good little boys to follow -- Our ideal hero -- We are Lincoln men all through -- Lincolniana -- The fellows who came of age in the Lincoln years -- Epilogue: July 25, 1947 ER -