books.google.de - During the Civil War, Americans felt themselves to be on intimate terms with their commander in chief, sending President Abraham Lincoln between two hundred and five hundred pieces of mail every day—letters that expressed the concerns, aspirations, grievances, and obsessions of the nation. Ranging...http://books.google.de/books/about/Dear_Mr_Lincoln_Letters_to_the_President.html?hl=de&id=tA4lXY3W8hkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President