TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brewster,Todd
TI  - Lincoln's gamble: the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War 
SN  - 9781451693867 (hardcover)
AV  - E453 .B84 2014
U1  - 973.7/14 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - United States
KW  - President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
KW  - Emancipation Proclamation
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Emancipation
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1861-1865
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -