Harry C. Blair & Rebecca Tarshis, Lincoln’s Constant Ally: Colonel Edward D. Baker, 1st Ed.

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Lincoln’s Constant Ally: Colonel Edward D. Baker by Harry C. Blair and Rebecca Tarshis gives us a careful biography of one of Abraham Lincoln’s dearest friends.

Writing from Oregon, the authors take notice of Baker’s important career in the Pacific northwest. Edward Baker’s close friendship with Abraham Lincoln – he was the namesake of Eddie Lincoln – is often seen as the reason for his fame. Baker and Tarshis focus on the Baker’s remarkable oratorical skills, his political ambition, and his virtually uninterrupted success in earning elected offices in multiple states. His martyrdom at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in October 1861, stands as one of the many tragedies that visited the Lincoln family during the first year in the White House.

Very good.

Blair, Harry C. & Rebecca Tarshis. Lincoln’s Constant Ally: The Life of Colonel Edward D. Baker. Together With Four of His Great Orations. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1960. 1st edition, 233p., frontispiece, illustrations, illustrated boards.