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Gideon Welles; Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy.
LIBRA E467.1.W46 N58
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niven, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.
- Welles, Gideon.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 676 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1973.
- Contents:
- 1 A Roving Disposition 3
- 2 Gentleman-Editor (1825-1828) 21
- 3 Apprenticeship in Politics 35
- 4 Rewards for the Faithful 50
- 5 Assignment in Washington 71
- 6 Conflict and Compromise 88
- 7 Struggle for Ascendancy 104
- 8 Loco-Foco 119
- 9 Niles, Welles and Co. 134
- 10 A Persistent Suitor 150
- 11 Hard Times 167
- 12 Low Ebb 193
- 13 Mutual Fears 212
- 14 Independent Democrat 233
- 15 Free Soil and Fremont 253
- 16 Chicago: 1860 276
- 17 New England's Representative Man 303
- 18 Conflict 324
- 19 The Executive Touch 346
- 20 Trials and Triumphs 361
- 21 Neptune and Mars 388
- 22 Confusion of Purposes 404
- 23 Monitor Mania 423
- 24 A Blunted Trident 440
- 25 On the Defensive 467
- 26 Suffrage is Crucial 496
- 27 The Issue is With Him 514
- 28 The Madness of the Hour 532
- 29 Drama and Melodrama 546
- 30 Old and Full of Days 565.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages [639]-654.
- ISBN:
- 0195016939
- OCLC:
- 797990
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