Lincoln for president : an unlikely candidate, an audacious strategy, and the victory no one saw coming / Bruce Chadwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chadwick, Bruce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political career before 1861.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views.

Political and social views.

Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.

Presidential candidates.

Political campaigns.

History.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election--1860.

Presidents.

Political campaigns--United States--History--19th century.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 396 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2009]

Contents:

Invading the wigwam

Lincoln enters the ring

A politician of unwavering ambition

The relentless little giant

The democrats split in two

A great orator is born

The underdog rail-splitter versus the firebrand senator

One last night to steal the nomination

The birth of the seceders

Will the House of Representatives elect the president?

The presidential campaign of 1860

A great speaker is quiet

Lincoln, the letter writer

The wide awakes

Disdain for the secessionists

The keys to victory

Breck and Bell and give 'em hell

The Douglas campaign

The polls never lied

Down to the wire

All roads lead to New York

The eleventh hour

"Mary, Mary, we have been elected president"

The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781402225048

1402225040

OCLC:

318874902

Publisher Number:

99935797897