Lincoln for president : an unlikely candidate, an audacious strategy, and the victory no one saw coming / Bruce Chadwick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, Inc., Description: xviii, 396 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781402225048
  • 1402225040
  • 9781402244834
  • 1402244835
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.7092 22
LOC classification:
  • E457 .C437 2009
Contents:
Invading the wigwam. Lincoln enters the ring ; A politician of unwavering ambition ; The relentless little giant ; The Democrats split in two ; A great orator is born ; The underdog rail-splitter versus the firebrand senator ; One last night to steal the nomination ; The birth of the Seceders ; Will the House of Representatives elect the President? -- The presidential campaign of 1860. A great speaker is quiet ; Lincoln, the letter writer ; The wide awakes ; Disdain for the Secessionists ; The keys to victory ; Breck and Bell and give 'em hell ; The Douglas campaign ; The polls never lied ; Down to the wire ; All roads lead to New York ; The eleventh hour ; "Mary, Mary, we have been elected President" ; The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.
Summary: Provides an overview of the election of 1860 and the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, using a variety of source materials.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-379) and index.

Invading the wigwam. Lincoln enters the ring ; A politician of unwavering ambition ; The relentless little giant ; The Democrats split in two ; A great orator is born ; The underdog rail-splitter versus the firebrand senator ; One last night to steal the nomination ; The birth of the Seceders ; Will the House of Representatives elect the President? -- The presidential campaign of 1860. A great speaker is quiet ; Lincoln, the letter writer ; The wide awakes ; Disdain for the Secessionists ; The keys to victory ; Breck and Bell and give 'em hell ; The Douglas campaign ; The polls never lied ; Down to the wire ; All roads lead to New York ; The eleventh hour ; "Mary, Mary, we have been elected President" ; The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.

Provides an overview of the election of 1860 and the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, using a variety of source materials.

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