| Edition |
1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed. |
| Description |
xxvii, 383 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-364) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 -- Political and social views.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861.
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Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
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| ISBN |
9780743273213 (paperback) |
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0743273214 (paperback) |
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