Half a Century (Expanded, Annotated)

He was witness to and at the center of the most important events of the last half of the nineteenth century. A friend and fervent supporter of Abraham Lincoln, he would also have access to every White House that followed Lincoln.

Alexander K. McClure wrote one of the most readable, interesting, and comprehensive memoirs of time spent among the famous and powerful. His book is full of anecdotes and fascinating accounts that you won't read anywhere else.

Ten years after the Civil War, he sat do...