Bibliograph

Abraham Lincoln, a presidential life, James M. McPherson

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Abraham Lincoln, a presidential life, James M. McPherson

Language

eng

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not applicable

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Literary text for sound recordings

biography

Main title

Abraham Lincoln

Medium

sound recording

Oclc number

300450738

Responsibility statement

James M. McPherson

Sub title

a presidential life

Summary

"In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days through his turbulent years in the White House. Roused to action by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, Lincoln joins the fledgling Republican Party. Running for U.S. Senate in 1858, he challenges Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas to a series of debates. Although Lincoln loses the race, his verbal jousts with Douglas give him the national attention necessary for a run at the White House. And in a four-way battle that splits the Democratic Party, Lincoln wins the 1860 presidential election without carrying a single Southern state-- leaving the nation teetering on the brink of civil war" -- container

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