• Co-Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
• Winner of the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award
• A History Book Club bestseller

Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime is the first book devoted to the look, feel, and scent of the Civil War White House. Going behind the scenes through the keen eyes and ears of its residents, servants, guards, and aides and the constant stream of generals, celebrities, and ordinary citizens who passed through its open doors, the book brings the house to life, unveils its military, political, and domestic operations, and explores Lincoln’s use of the Executive Mansion as a rallying point for the war and an engine for social change. 

“Even with over 16,000 books and pamphlets written about Abraham Lincoln, there is always a need for another good read. And this author does not disappoint. This is a compelling narrative about the man in the Executive Mansion during the Civil War. Succinct and extremely well written, Conroy describes so well Lincoln’s empathy, resilience and political courage – all manifested in the President’s home which served as the true headquarters of the Union.” Frank J. Williams, founding Chair, The Lincoln Forum

“Gripping, atmospheric, and at times spellbinding, Conroy’s masterful work does much more than recollect the fraught public and private lives that Lincoln and his family endured in the Civil War White House. Not only are Conroy’s research and analysis impressive, but with the flair of a novelist or playwright, he brings the story alive by skillfully evoking its anxiety-riven characters and its grand but dilapidated locale. I know of no other book since the original recollections of Lincoln’s White House secretaries that does a better job of re-imagining America’s most famous landmark during the war for the nation’s soul.” Harold Holzer, author of Lincoln and the Power of the Press, winner of the Lincoln Prize