Lincoln and Douglas : the debates that defined America / Allen C. Guelzo.
2009
E457.4 .G84 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Lincoln and Douglas : the debates that defined America / Allen C. Guelzo.
Author
Guelzo, Allen C.
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed.
ISBN
9780743273213 (pbk.)
0743273214 (pbk.)
0743273214 (pbk.)
Imprint
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xxvii, 383 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
E457.4 .G84 2009
Summary
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was known as a successful Illinois lawyer. Two years later, he was elected president. What carried this one-term congressman from obscurity to fame was the campaign he mounted for the United States Senate against the country's most formidable politician, Stephen A. Douglas, in the summer and fall of 1858. As this brilliant narrative by the prize-winning Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo dramatizes, Lincoln would emerge a predominant national figure, the leader of his party, the man who would bear the burden of the national confrontation. (from back cover)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: From Lincoln and Douglas to Nixon and Kennedy
The least man I ever saw
Take care of your old Whigs
A David greater than Goliath
For God's sake, Linder, come up
In the face of the nation
The same tyrannical principle
Epilogue: One supreme issue.
The least man I ever saw
Take care of your old Whigs
A David greater than Goliath
For God's sake, Linder, come up
In the face of the nation
The same tyrannical principle
Epilogue: One supreme issue.