Lincoln vs. Davis the war of the presidents / Nigel Hamilton

"From the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance--and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union" --

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Main Author: Hamilton, Nigel (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"From the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance--and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union" --
Physical Description:xix, 777 pages, 16 pages unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps (black & white) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780316564632
031656463X
Author Notes:Historian Nigel Hamilton is a New York Times best-selling biographer of General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery, President John F. Kennedy, President Bill Clinton, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, among other subjects. He has won multiple awards, including the Whitbread Prize and the Templer Medal for Military History. The first volume of his FDR at War trilogy, The Mantle of Command, was longlisted for the National Book Award. He is a senior fellow at the McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston, and splits his time between Boston, Massachusetts, and New Orleans, Louisiana.