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Lincoln's gamble : the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War
- Title
- Lincoln's gamble : the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War / Todd Brewster.
- Author
- Brewster, Todd.
- Publication
- New York : Scribner, 2014.
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- Description
- ix, 352 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincoln's presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: A man, imperfect -- A funeral: July 13, 1862 -- "In regard to your slaves..." -- Nerve center -- First reading -- Send them away -- God knows -- One day: September 17, 1862 -- Preliminaries -- Dissent -- A different war -- Weakened -- A birthing: January 1, 1863.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-1534
- ISBN
- 9781451693867 (hardcover)
- 1451693869 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2013497336
- OCLC
- 889933412
- Author
- Brewster, Todd.
- Title
- Lincoln's gamble : the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War / Todd Brewster.
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner, 2014.
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-1534