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Impeached : the trial of President Andrew Johnson and the fight for Lincoln's legacy / David O. Stewart.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stewart, David O.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875--Impeachment.
Johnson, Andrew.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
Impeachment.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1869.
United States.
Politics and government.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Influence.
Lincoln, Abraham.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Physical Description:
x, 447 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2009]
Summary:
This account of the attempt to remove Andrew Johnson from the presidency demolishes the myth that Johnson's impeachment was unjustified.
Contents:
Bad beginnings : Spring 1865
President Johnson : April 1865
Land of revolution : November 1865
The opposition gathers : December 1865
A government divided against itself : January-June 1866
Political war : July-November 1866
False start on impeachment : December 1866-June 1867
The dangerous sphinx : August-November 1867
Impeachment, round two : December 1867
Impeachment, round three : December 12, 1867-February 15, 1868
Showdown on Seventeenth street : February 15-21, 1868
The dam bursts : February 22-24, 1868
The Waterloo struggle : February 24-March 4, 1868
Send in the lawyers : March 5-29, 1868
Influence and Edmund Cooper : March 1868
Ben Butler's horse case : March 30-April 8, 1868
Defending the President : April 9-20, 1868
Counting to seven : April 1868
An avalanche of talk : April 22-May 6, 1868
The dark men : May 5-9, 1868
Scrambling for votes : May 6-12, 1868
Desperate days : May 12-15, 1868
Free again : May 16-26, 1868
Searching for scandal : May 17-July 5, 1868
The caravan moves on : January 1, 1869-
The Rorschach blot.
Notes:
"Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781416547495
1416547495
OCLC:
301798233

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