366 days in Abraham Lincoln's presidency : the private, political, and military decisions of America's greatest president /
Journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a painstakingly detailed day-by-day breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln's decisions in office--including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Skyhorse Pub.,
c2010.
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| Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
| Summary: | Journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a painstakingly detailed day-by-day breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln's decisions in office--including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his eleven-year-old son, Willie, died. Revealed are Lincoln's private frustrations on September 28, 1862, as he wrote to vice president Hannibal Hamlin, "The North responds to the [Emancipation] proclamation sufficiently with breath; but breath alone kills no rebels." --from publisher description |
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| Item Description: | "A Herman Graf book." |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 590 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references ( p.565-571) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781602399945 1602399948 |