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Impeached : the trial of President Andrew Johnson and the fight for Lincoln's legacy / David O. Stewart.
- 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
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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