Apostle of Union A Political Biography of Edward Everett / Matthew Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Matthew, 1968-

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--Massachusetts--Biography.

Governors.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.

United States. Congress--Biography.

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

Summary:

Known today as 'the other speaker at Gettysburg', Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Mason argues that Everett's extraordinarily well-documented career reveals a complex man whose shifting political opinions illuminate the nuances of Northern Unionism.

Contents:

Scholar, preacher, and paper warrior

The House : doughface

The House : Whig nationalist

The governor and the abolitionists

Good cop : minister to Great Britain

Harvard president and semi-private citizen

Shooting star in Washington : secretary of state and senator

Saving Mount Vernon

Last ditches : Union meetings, the election of 1860, and the secession crisis

Civil warrior.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908464-9-5

979-88-908465-0-1

1-4696-2861-9

1-4696-2862-7

OCLC:

958455304