Lincoln looks West : from the Mississippi to the Pacific / edited by Richard W. Etulain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Etulain, Richard W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.

Slavery.

West (U.S.)--Politics and government--19th century.

West (U.S.).

United States--Territorial expansion--History--19th century.

United States.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This essay collection traces the full outline of Abraham Lincoln's important links with the trans-Mississippi American West. The volume features seven reprinted essays, two new ones, an introductory overview, and a bibliographic essay"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Abraham Lincoln and the Trans-Mississippi American West: an introductory overview

Lincoln and the Mexican War: an argument by analogy / Mark E. Neely, Jr.

Lincoln, the West, and the antislavery politics of the 1850's / Michael S. Green

Lincoln, the Thirteenth Amendment, and the admission of Nevada / Earl S. Pomeroy

Lincoln and the territorial patronage: the ascendancy of the radicals in the West / Vincent G. Tegeder

Lincoln's New Mexico patronage: saving the Far Southwest for the Union / Deren Earl Kellogg

The tribe of Abraham: Lincoln and the Washington Territory / Robert W. Johannsen

Dr. Anson G. Henry (1804-65): Lincoln's junkyard dog / Paul M. Zall

The Mormon connection: Lincoln, the saints, and the crisis of equality / Larry Schweikart

Lincoln and the Indians / David A. Nichols

Lincoln and the American West: a bibliographical essay and a bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69803-9

9786613674999

0-8093-8558-9

OCLC:

649913243