Lincoln's gamble
Subtitle: the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War
By: Todd Brewster
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781451693867; 9781451693904
Subjects: Emancipation; Politics and government; United States; Slaves; United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
Description: A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincoln's presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A man, imperfect; title: A funeral: July 13, 1862; title: "In regard to your slaves..."; title: Nerve center; title: First reading; title: Send them away; title: God knows; title: One day: September 17, 1862; title: Preliminaries; title: Dissent; title: A different war; title: Weakened; title: A birthing: January 1, 1863.