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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lincoln for president

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

318874902

Responsibility statement

Bruce Chadwick

Sub title

an unlikely candidate, an audacious strategy, and the victory no one saw coming

Table Of 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

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