Lincoln for president
Subtitle: an unlikely candidate, an audacious strategy, and the victory no one saw coming
By: Bruce Chadwick
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781402225048
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Invading the wigwam; title: Lincoln enters the ring; title: A politician of unwavering ambition; title: The relentless little giant; title: The democrats split in two; title: A great orator is born; title: The underdog rail-splitter versus the firebrand senator; title: One last night to steal the nomination; title: The birth of the seceders; title: Will the House of Representatives elect the president?; title: The presidential campaign of 1860; title: A great speaker is quiet; title: Lincoln, the letter writer; title: The wide awakes; title: Disdain for the secessionists; title: The keys to victory; title: Breck and Bell and give 'em hell; title: The Douglas campaign; title: The polls never lied; title: Down to the wire; title: All roads lead to New York; title: The eleventh hour; title: "Mary, Mary, we have been elected president"; title: The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.