Baptism of Fire
Subtitle: The Republican Party in Iowa, 1838-1878
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: December 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780813819389
Subjects: Political parties; Politics/International Relations; U.S. Political Parties; Politics / Current Events; USA; Republican Party (Iowa); Political Process - Political Parties; History; 19th century; Antislavery movements; Iowa
First sentence: Appletons' Hand-Book of American Travel for 1873 described Iowa as a state "with no very notable history, beyond the usual adventure and hardship of a forest-life among savage tribes."