Abraham Lincoln
by Shaw, Albert
Series: Vol. 2 Published by : The Review of Reviews Corporation (New York) Physical details: ix, 277 p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 - 999 | 973.7092 Sha (Browse shelf) | Available | Gift | 14434 |
"A cartoon history"--Cover of both volumes. Profusely illustrated with contemporary cartoons, portraits and scenes. Includes index.
v. 1. His path to the presidency. Lincoln's place in history --
The presidential office --
The education of a future president --
A frontier youth encounters slavery --
Lincoln's first taste of politics and war --
Lincoln becomes a lawmaker --
A definite position on the slave question --
Emancipation projects: Lincoln's plan --
A crisis in national banking --
The boisterous Harrison campaign --
Tyler: a president without a party --
Clay loses his third campaign --
War with Mexico: the Oregon crisis --
Lincoln, the Congressman --
Washington in Polk's time --
Lincoln a leader in the politics of 1848 --
Lincoln returns to private life --
Birth of the Republican Party --
The presidential election of 1856 --
Lincoln and Douglas: a supreme debate --
How the two Illinois rivals stood --
Douglas wins a costly victory --
Buchanan surveys the world at large --
John Brown attempts emancipation --
Congress meets in bitter dissension --
Lincoln addresses the East.
v. 2. The year of his election. Opening scenes of a political year --
Hopeless division at Charleston --
Guiding minds at the capitol --
A genuine middle-ground party --
The Republican Convention at Chicago --
Abraham Lincoln is nominated --
Why Seward was not available --
The compromise that made Lincoln famous --
Northern Democrats nominate Douglas --
Breckinridge the southern choice --
What manner of men are these? --
Lincoln in the half-year's contest --
Douglas in the campaign, and after --
Mr. Buchanan entertains, in a trying season --
South Carolina takes steps --
Secession vs. coercion: the dilemma --
Three months of futile talk in Congress --
The cotton states in flight --
The Confederacy organizes --
Loyalists now surround Buchanan --
"Defensive coercion": a new policy --
Lincoln takes command of his party --
Cameron: an episode in cabinet making --
Seward: principal or under-study? --
Lincolns and Todds: a family chapter --
A triumphal tour, with its anti-climax --
Scenes of a well-ordered inauguration.