| Author | Waugh, John C.
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| Title | One man great enough : Abraham Lincoln's road to Civil War / John C. Waugh.
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| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Published | Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
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| Description | 479 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 978-0-15-101071-4 |
| ISBN | 0-15-101071-4 |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-463) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The uncoiling of the serpent -- The dark and bloody ground -- The Hoosier years -- New Salem -- Politics -- Vandalia -- Death in Alton -- Springfield -- Young Hickory -- The Ballyhoo campaign -- Lincoln in love -- The steam engine in breeches and the engine that knew no rest -- "Who is James K. Polk?" -- Laying Congressional pipe -- Seeing spots -- Lincoln's other life -- What he had become -- Tempest -- Lincoln emerges -- Political earthquake -- At the crossroads -- Axe handles and wedges -- A house divided -- The debates -- Spreading the gospel -- Cooper union -- Reaching for the brass ring -- Chicago -- The four legged race -- Firebell in the night -- Getting there -- The war comes -- Twilight of the little giant.
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| Subjects | Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Childhood and youth.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1837-1841.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861.
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| LC Card Number | 2007-9588 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 457.3 W354 2007
mq235281: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 141825] |
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