| Abraham Lincoln: His Path to the Presidency Contributor(s): Shaw, Albert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766161455 ISBN-13: 9780766161450 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Contents: Lincoln's place in history; presidential office; education of a future president; frontier youth encounters slavery; Lincoln's first taste of politics and war; Lincoln becomes a lawmaker; definite position on the slave question; emancipation projects, Lincoln's plan; crisis in national banking; boisterous Harrison campaign; Tyler, a president without a party; Clay loses his third campaign; war with Mexico, the Oregon crisis; Lincoln, the Congressman; Washington in Polk's time; Lincoln a leader in the politics of 1848; Lincoln returns to private life; birth of the Republican party; presidential election of 1856; Lincoln and Douglas, a supreme debate; how the two Illinois rivals stood; Douglas wins a costly victory; Buchanan surveys the world at large; John Brown attempts emancipation; Congress meets in bitter dissension; Lincoln addresses the East. Profusely illustrated with contemporary cartoons, portraits and scenes. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 8.25" W x 11" (1.38 lbs) 276 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |