Lincoln president-elect
Subtitle: Abraham Lincoln and the great secession winter 1860-1861
By: Harold Holzer.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 623
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861; United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The government is about to fall into our hands; title: My troubles have just commenced; title: We won't jump that ditch; title: A masterly inactivity; title: The tug has to come; title: If we surrender it is the end of us; title: I will suffer death before I will consent; title: Will you hazard so desperate a step?; title: With a task before me; title: No occasion for any excitement; title: I would rather be assassinated; title: Plain as a turnpike road; title: The ultimate justice of the people; title: Epilogue : mystic chords of memory.