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1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. |
| Description |
x, 623, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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| Series |
Simon & Schuster Lincoln library |
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Simon & Schuster Lincoln library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-595) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The promise of something better. The government is about to fall into our hands -- My troubles have just commenced -- We won't jump that ditch -- A masterly inactivity -- The tug has to come -- Very much like the critter -- pt. 2. The momentous issue of civil war. If we surrender it is the end of us -- Will you hazard so desperate a step? -- With a task before me -- No occasion for any excitement -- I would rather be assassinated -- Plain as a turnpike road -- The ultimate justice of the people -- Epilogue : mystic chords of memory. |
| Summary |
"One of our most eminent Lincoln scholars, winner of a Lincoln Prize for his Lincoln at Cooper Union, examines the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency - there would be no compromise on slavery or secession of the slaveholding states, even at the cost of civil war." "Lincoln President-Elect is the first book to concentrate on Lincoln's public stance and private agony during these months and on the momentous consequences when he first demonstrated his determination and leadership. Holzer recasts Lincoln from an isolated prairie politician yet to establish his greatness to a skillful shaper of men and opinion and an immovable friend of freedom at a decisive moment when allegiance to the founding credo "all men are created equal" might well have been sacrificed." --Book Jacket. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
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Presidents -- Election.
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Presidents -- Transition periods.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184
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Abraham Lincoln's political career before 1861. (OCoLC)fst01351608
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Presidents -- Election.
(OCoLC)fst01075747
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Presidents -- Transition periods.
(OCoLC)fst01075823
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War -- Causes.
(OCoLC)fst01170331
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658 |
| Chronological Term |
1857-1865
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861 |
| ISBN |
9780743289481 |
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074328948X |
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