Stanton : the life and times of Lincoln's Secretary of War /
Thomas, Benjamin Platt,1902-1956.
Hyman, Harold Melvin,1924-
New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
1962.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- A fair prospect -- Jacksonian reformer -- On the way up -- At the heights of the law -- First blow for the Union -- From critic to colleague -- Secretary of War -- Organizing victory -- Failure and frustration -- Relentlessly and without remorse -- Discouraged but not despairing -- My way is clear -- War in good earnest -- Trampled by the hoof of war -- A tower of strength -- His iron mask torn off -- The misfortune of that station -- Stanton's Lincoln -- Sherman's truce -- Justice -- Discord -- Decision -- They must muster me out -- Fruits into ashes -- The root of bitterness -- Off the sharp hooks of uncertainty -- In suspense -- No one will steal it now -- Cling to the old "orifice" -- Campaigning for great -- The obsequies have been enlarged -- Epilogue: A note on the history of Stanton biographies.
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869.
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