David Homer Bates
Autor(a) de Lincoln in the Telegraph Office: Recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War
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- male
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Membros
- 65
- Popularidade
- #261,994
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 11
There is a fair amount in the book about the development of the telegraph and codes (or as they were called then cyphers). I would rather have had more about Lincoln but evidently the author was interested in what he know and liked as well as the actions of Lincoln who, by the way, he deeply respected.
The portrayal of Lincoln as a man and a president is extremely interesting. I wish the book had been longer and even more informative. This book is interesting and worth your time.… (mais)