The Resource Lincoln president-elect : Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861, Harold Holzer
Lincoln president-elect : Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861, Harold Holzer
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Extent
- x, 623 p.
- Contents
-
- 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
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780743289474
- Label
- Lincoln president-elect : Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861
- Title
- Lincoln president-elect
- Title remainder
- Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861
- Statement of responsibility
- Harold Holzer
- Title variation
- Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861
- Subject
-
- trueSlavery -- History
- true1860s -- 1860 -- 1869
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
- trueLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861
- trueSecession -- United States
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Antebellum America
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Confederacy
- truePresidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 19th century
- trueCivil war
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
- truePresidents -- United States -- Transition periods
- trueLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- trueNorth-South relations (United States)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A chronicle of the four months between Lincoln's election and inauguration evaluates the decisions he made regarding slavery, secession, and the possibility of a Civil War, in an account that also offers insight into the selections of his cabinet members
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 275508
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holzer, Harold
- Dewey number
- 973.7092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E457.4
- LC item number
- .H69 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Abraham
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861
- Label
- Lincoln president-elect : Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861, Harold Holzer
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-595) and index
- Contents
- 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 -- 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
- Control code
- ocn209693569
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Extent
- x, 623 p.
- Isbn
- 9780743289474
- Lccn
- 2008021520
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)209693569
- Label
- Lincoln president-elect : Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861, Harold Holzer
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-595) and index
- Contents
- 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 -- 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
- Control code
- ocn209693569
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Extent
- x, 623 p.
- Isbn
- 9780743289474
- Lccn
- 2008021520
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)209693569
Subject
- true1860s -- 1860 -- 1869
- trueCivil war
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Antebellum America
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Confederacy
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 19th century
- trueLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- trueLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861
- trueNorth-South relations (United States)
- truePresidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- truePresidents -- United States -- Transition periods
- trueSecession -- United States
- trueSlavery -- History
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
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