xi, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBNs
1574881191, 9781574881196
OCLC
ocm34984302
Originally published: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1991.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-331) and index.
A convention in Chicago -- "A sweet little valley" -- Anti-masons and Whigs -- "I was the criminal ..." -- The Governor -- "Our conflict is with slavery" -- "Hold him to be a man" -- A higher law -- The flames of Kansas -- "An irrepressible conflict" -- The great crusade -- Crisis -- The Peacemaker -- War -- Mr. Seward's little bell -- Aggressive diplomacy -- "The scenes are unwritten" -- "Remove him!" -- High tide and rebel raiders -- "Beyond the pale of human envy" -- The man in the light overcoat -- President Johnson -- "He wanders around like a ghost" -- The empire builder -- World traveler -- Seward and the LIncoln legend