Seward Lincoln's indispensable man
From one of our most acclaimed new biographers--the first full life of the leader of Lincoln's "Team of Rivals"--William Henry Seward, one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century.
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Elements of a statesman: 1801 to 1830
- Who is William H. Seward? 1831-1838
- A higher standard of social perfection: 1839-1842
- You and I can and must do it: 1843 to 1849
- A higher law than the Constitution: 1849-1854
- Foremost statesman of the whole north: 1854-1856
- Irrepressible conflict: 1857-1859
- Lincoln nominated third ballot: 1860
- Save the Union in my own way: November 1860 to March 1861
- I must do it: March to April 1861
- Through the fires of Tophet: 1861
- Remove him: 1862
- Ask not whether the enemy is near: 1863
- Firm and hopeful: 1864
- I am not dead: 1865
- Political apostasy: 1866
- Let us make the treaty tonight: 1867
- I'll see you damned first: 1868-69
- Nothing remained... but to keep in motion: 1869-72.
