Rise to Greatness Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year

Name: Rise to Greatness Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year
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ISBN: 9780805079708

ISBN-10: 080507970X

ISBN-13: 9780805079708

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Von Drehle

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The electrifying story of Abraham Lincoln's rise to greatness during the most perilous year in our nation’s historyAs 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death's door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Union’s top general was gravely ill. The Confederacy—with its booming economy, expert military leadership, and commanding position on the battlefield—had a clear view to victory. To a remarkable extent, the survival of the country depended on the judgment, cunning, and resilience of the unschooled frontier lawyer who had recently been elected president.Twelve months later, the Civil War had become a cataclysm but the tide had turned. The…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



Prologue: "So Much Was All Compressed"



New Year's Day



January



February



March



April



May



June



July



August



September



October



November



December


Epilogue: "A New Birth of Freedom"


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index