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On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...
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[2012]
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English
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Cooper takes a fresh look at the months between Lincoln's election and the attack on Fort Sumter that sparked the war. For years, compromise had kept the North and South from conflict--but in these crucial months, the actions of major players on both sides pushed the country to the brink of destruction.
5) Year of meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the election that brought on the Civil War
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Bloomsbury Press
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[2010]
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English
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Times Books
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[2004]
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English
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A look at the presidency of James Buchanan, whose administration paved the way for the onslaught of the Civil War, details his failures as a president, including his lack of compromise and his weak leadership in a time of national crisis.
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Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
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[2016]
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English
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Worst. President. Ever flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightening, entertaining, and at times hilarious account of poor James Buchanan's presidency to prove once and for all that, well, few leaders could have done worse.
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Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
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2005.
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English
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"Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address - an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered in New York in February 1860, the Cooper Union speech dispelled doubts about Lincoln's suitability for the presidency, and reassured conservatives of his moderation while reaffirming his opposition...
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Atlantic Monthly Press
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[2023]
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English
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"The vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in America's history--Abraham Lincoln's epochal nomination as the Republican Party's candidate for president in 1860. Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln had a record of political failure. In 1858, he had lost a celebrated Senate bid against incumbent Stephen Douglas, his second failed Senate run, and had not held public office since one term in Congress a decade earlier....
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