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All the powers of Earth : the political life of Abraham Lincoln, 1856-1860
- Title
- All the powers of Earth : the political life of Abraham Lincoln, 1856-1860 / Sidney Blumenthal.
- Author
- Blumenthal, Sidney, 1948-
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 758 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country, Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new Republican Party's nomination. All the Powers of Earth is the political story of all time. Lincoln achieves the presidency by force of strategy, of political savvy and determination. This is Abraham Lincoln, who indisputably becomes the greatest president and moral leader in the nation's history. But he must first build a new political party, brilliantly state the anti-slavery case and overcome shattering defeat to win the presidency. In the years of civil war to follow, he will show mightily that the nation was right to bet on him. He was its preserver, a politician of moral integrity."--Amazon.com.
- Series Statement
- The political life of Abraham Lincoln ; [volume 3]
- Blumenthal, Sidney, 1948- Political life of Abraham Lincoln ; v. 3.
- Alternative Title
- Abraham Lincoln
- Subject
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Political and social views
- To 1865
- Presidents > United States > Biography
- Lawyers > Illinois > Springfield > Biography
- Lawyers
- Political and social views
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861
- Illinois > Politics and government > To 1865
- Illinois
- Illinois > Springfield
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Note
- "1856-1860."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-719) and index.
- Contents
- Things fall apart -- Vaulting ambition -- The spirit of violence -- War to the knife -- The puritan as prophet -- Cyclops -- A voice from the grave -- The harlot slavery -- The assassination of Charles Sumner -- Arguments of the chivalry -- Exterminating angel -- Democracy in America -- Creation -- Miss Fancy -- The forbidden word -- Vice president Lincoln -- The birther campaign -- The great awakening -- The white man -- All the powers of Earth -- The wizard of Mississippi -- The unmasking of the president -- A house divided -- The higher object -- The moral lights -- The phoenix -- Icarus -- This guilty land -- Witch Hunt -- Right makes might -- Walpurgisnacht -- The railsplitter -- The wigwam -- A fallen star -- Wide-awake.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-108
- ISBN
- 9781476777283
- 1476777284
- OCLC
- 1114308288
- Author
- Blumenthal, Sidney, 1948- author.
- Title
- All the powers of Earth : the political life of Abraham Lincoln, 1856-1860 / Sidney Blumenthal.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The political life of Abraham Lincoln ; [volume 3]Blumenthal, Sidney, 1948- Political life of Abraham Lincoln ; v. 3.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-719) and index.
- Chronological Term
- To 1865
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-108