Research Catalog

Title

Lincoln for president : an unlikely candidate, an audacious strategy, and the victory no one saw coming / Bruce Chadwick.

Author

Chadwick, Bruce

Publication

Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2009.

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Details

Description

xviii, 396 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Provides an overview of the election of 1860 and the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, using a variety of source materials.

Subject

• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Political career before 1861
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Political and social views
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
• 1800-1899
• Presidential candidates > United States > Biography
• Presidents > United States > Election > 1860
• Political campaigns > United States > History > 19th century
• United States > Politics and government > 1857-1861

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies
• History
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Invading the wigwam -- Lincoln enters the ring -- A politician of unwavering ambition -- The relentless little giant -- The democrats split in two -- A great orator is born -- The underdog rail-splitter versus the firebrand senator -- One last night to steal the nomination -- The birth of the seceders -- Will the House of Representatives elect the president? -- The presidential campaign of 1860 -- A great speaker is quiet -- Lincoln, the letter writer -- The wide awakes -- Disdain for the secessionists -- The keys to victory -- Breck and Bell and give 'em hell -- The Douglas campaign -- The polls never lied -- Down to the wire -- All roads lead to New York -- The eleventh hour -- "Mary, Mary, we have been elected president" -- The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.

ISBN

• 9781402225048
• 1402225040

LCCN

^^2009023197

OCLC

318874902

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library