Year of meteors : Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the election that brought on the Civil War /
"In early 1860, pundits and political operatives across America confidently predicted the victory of Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas in the coming presidential election. Douglas, after all, led the Democrats, the only party that bridged North and South. But the Democracy would splinter over...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Egerton, Douglas R. |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York :
Bloomsbury Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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