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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464396803321

Autore

Trefousse Hans L (Hans Louis), <1921-2010.>

Titolo

First among equals [[electronic resource] ] : Abraham Lincoln's reputation during his administration / / Hans L. Trefousse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8232-3493-2

0-8232-4785-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/092

Soggetti

Public opinion - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Nomination and election, 1860-1861 -- The first year -- The second year: sustaining popularity -- Defeat and victory -- Renomination and reelection -- Triumph and assassination.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a range of primary documents - speeches, newspaper accounts and editorials, private letters, and memoirs - Hans Trefousse gives the voices of Lincoln's own time. Politicians and ordinary people, soldiers and statesmen, abolitionists and slaveholders alike, give a chorus of American opinion.