Seward
Subtitle: Lincoln's indispensable man
By: by Walter Stahr
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439121160; 9781439121184; 9781439127940
Subjects: Politics and government; Cabinet officers; United States; Foreign relations; United States. Dept. of State; Biography; Statesmen
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Elements of a statesman: 1801 to 1830; title: Who is William H. Seward? 1831-1838; title: A higher standard of social perfection: 1839-1842; title: You and I can and must do it: 1843 to 1849; title: A higher law than the Constitution: 1849-1854; title: Foremost statesman of the whole north: 1854-1856; title: Irrepressible conflict: 1857-1859; title: Lincoln nominated third ballot: 1860; title: Save the Union in my own way: November 1860 to March 1861; title: I must do it: March to April 1861; title: Through the fires of Tophet: 1861; title: Remove him: 1862; title: Ask not whether the enemy is near: 1863; title: Firm and hopeful: 1864; title: I am not dead: 1865; title: Political apostasy: 1866; title: Let us make the treaty tonight: 1867; title: I'll see you damned first: 1868-69; title: Nothing remained... but to keep in motion: 1869-72.