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The great comeback : how Abraham Lincoln beat the odds to win the Republican nomination / Gary Ecelbarger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ecelbarger, Gary L., 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political career before 1861.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Presidents--United States--Election--1860.
- Presidents.
- Political campaigns.
- History.
- United States.
- Political campaigns--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.
- Politics and government.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
- Presidential candidates.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.
- Contents:
- Bloomington, IL: Dec 1858
- Recovery
- Divided house
- Chase's backyard
- The giant killer
- Birth of a boom
- Winter heat
- Seward's backyard
- The candidate
- The rail splitter
- Convention week
- The Wigwam
- The nominee.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312374136
- 0312374135
- OCLC:
- 213300712
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