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America's great debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union
- Title
- America's great debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union / Fergus M. Bordewich.
- Author
- Bordewich, Fergus M.
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- x, 480 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-463) and index.
- Contents
- "A frenzy seized my soul" -- One bold stroke -- "Order! order! order!" -- That demon question -- Ultima thule -- Old Harry -- "We have another epidemic" -- The city of magnificent intentions -- Deadlock -- The godlike Daniel -- A great soul on fire -- Wounded eagle -- "Secession! peaceable secession!" -- A higher law -- God deliver me from such friends -- "He is not dead, sir!" -- "Let the assassin fire!" -- Filibusters -- A legislative saturnalia -- A pact with the devil -- "War, open war" -- "All is paralysis" -- The Omnibus overturned -- A steam engine in britches -- "Break your masters' locks!" -- "It is time we should act" -- Triumphs -- A scandalous outrage.
- Call Number
- IKA 12-4666
- ISBN
- 9781439124604
- 1439124604
- LCCN
- 2011029547
- OCLC
- 784980138
- Author
- Bordewich, Fergus M.
- Title
- America's great debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union / Fergus M. Bordewich.
- Imprint
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-463) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IKA 12-4666