Lincoln's tragic pragmatism : Lincoln, Douglas, and moral conflict /
Burt, John,1955-
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2013.
Lincoln's Peoria speech of 1854 -- Lincoln's conspiracy charge -- Douglas's conspiracy charge -- Douglas's fanaticism charge -- Douglas's racial equality charge -- The Dred Scott Case -- Aftershocks of the debates -- Coda: and the war games.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858.
Democracy
Slavery