Brewster, Todd. <br/><br/>
Lincoln's gamble :  the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War / 
Todd Brewster. 
 - First Scribner hardcover edition. 
 - ix, 352 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: A man, imperfect -- A funeral: July 13, 1862 -- "In regard to your slaves..." -- Nerve center -- First reading -- Send them away -- God knows -- One day: September 17, 1862 -- Preliminaries -- Dissent -- A different war -- Weakened -- A birthing: January 1, 1863. 
<br/><br/> A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincoln's presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781451693867 (hardcover) 1451693869 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013497336 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln).  Emancipation Proclamation. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slaves--Emancipation--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E453  / .B84 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/14