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Abraham Lincoln: The Year of His Election
by Albert Shaw
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (2003-06-05)
ISBN: 0766160750
EAN: 9780766160750
Dewy Decimal #: 973
Paperback: 288 pages
Condition: Very Good
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Product Description
1929. Contents: opening scenes of a political year; hopeless division at Charleston; guiding minds at the capitol; genuine middle-ground party; Republican Convention at Chicago; Abraham Lincoln is nominated; why Seward was not available; compromise that made Lincoln famous; northern democrats nominate Douglas; Breckinridge the southern choice; what manner of men are these; Lincoln in the half-year's contest; Douglas in the campaign and after; Mr. Buchanan entertains, in a trying season; South Carolina takes steps; secession vs. coercion, the dilemma; three months of futile talk in Congress; cotton states in flight; Confederacy organizes; loyalists now surround Buchanan; defensive coercion, a new policy; Lincoln takes command of his party; Cameron, an episode in cabinet making; Seward, principal or under study; Lincolns and Todds, a family chapter; triumphal tour, with its anti-climax; scenes of a well-ordered inauguration. Profusely illustrated with contemporary cartoons, portraits and scenes.
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