Walter Stahr, author of book on William Henry Seward, says 'Lincoln's Indispensable Man' was a lot of fun. Published: ; Sep. 17, 2012, 1:03 p.m.

William Seward is on the short list of men who should have been president of the United States but never got the chance.As governor of New York, United States senator, one of the founders of the Re… ...

In "Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man," Walter Stahr examines the colorful career of William Henry Seward, the man who made Thanksgiving a national holiday, bought Alaska for the United States ...

Walter Stahr gives attention to Lincoln's confidant and secretary of State, William Henry Seward; ... More than 16,000 books have been published since Lincoln's 1865 assassination.

Caption info from "Seward," by Walter Stahr, says: "William Henry Seward, by Mathew Brady, circa 1863." Caption info from "Seward," by Walter Stahr, says: "William Henry Seward, by Mathew Brady ...

Walter Stahr talked about his book, [Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man], about Abraham Lincoln's former presidential rival, William Henry Seward, who eventually became Lincoln's Secretary of ...

In Auburn, it's not hard to learn about William Seward. The former secretary of state to Abraham Lincoln, governor of New York and U.S. senator left plenty of history in his hometown. From the ...

Stahr is an international lawyer turned historian whose previous book was "John Jay: Founding Father." His new book takes a similarly influential secondary figure from a crucial period and gives ...

These two books reflect the fact that U.S. readers have at last caught up with the continental statesmanship of Lincoln’s and Johnson’s Secretary of State, William H. Seward, who forced the ...

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.; Frederic Bancroft's Exhaustive and Excellent Biography in Two Volumes.* Share full article. June 2, 1900. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.; Mr. Seward and His Diplomacy His Services to the Country and His Positionin History. Share full article. Oct. 27, 1865.