Children's Books

[Gene C]

Tad Lincoln by T Morris Longstreth

Going back up to post # 37, I have found another writer telling of the episode of Tad turning the water hose on Stanton. The story is in "Lincoln Talks" by Emanuel Hertz. His book was published in 1939, and he attributes the story to Thomas Pendel, the chief doorkeeper at the White House. He frequently looked after Tad, according to the web site Mr. Lincolns White House
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/resi...4-unknown/

Here is the story from "Lincoln Talks" - Tad and Stanton p.215- 217.
https://archive.org/details/lincolntalks...4/mode/2up

Thomas Pendel later wrote a book entitled "Thirty Six Years In The White House" copyright 1901. The story of Tad is not recorded in that book. Copies of his book can also be found in the Internet Archives.