Giant in the shadows : the life of Robert T. Lincoln / Jason Emerson.

Incluye bibliografía (p. 553-584).

Introduction -- ´I was born in the Globe Tavern´ -- ´Is bicarb a swear word´ -- ´The most profitable [year] of my life´ -- ´Robert Lincoln has been dubbed the prince of rails!´ -- ´He is only Mr. Robert Lincoln, of Cambridge´ -- ´A very dreadful night´ -- ´I feel utterly without spirit or courage´ -- ´One of the most promising young men of the West´ -- ´I am likely to have a great deal of trouble´ -- ´I am in better shape than most´ -- ´I have done my duty as I best know´ -- ´I could have stopped this scheme with little trouble´ -- ´I don´t want to be Minister to England or anywhere else´ -- ´How many hours of sorrow have I passed in this town´ -- ´The best Secretary of War since Jefferson Davis´ -- ´I am not a candidate´ -- ´I expect only the greatest satisfaction´ -- ´I don´t want to be nobody nor nothink except a Chicago shyster´ -- ´As much a man of destiny as his lamented father´ -- ´Minister Lincoln was quietness personified´ -- ´What would his father say?´ -- ´I am now a Vermont farmer!´ -- ´My filial gratitude cannot find adequate expression´ -- ´I am now enjoying life´ -- ´He simply went to sleep´ -- Epilogue: ´His own place in the sun´.