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Israel Washburn Jr. : Maine's little-known giant of the Civil War
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- Creator
- by Kerck Kelsey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Rockport, ME : Picton Press, 2004
- Physical Details
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- vii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780897255547, 0897255542
- OCLC
- ocm56517583
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.
- Introduction : the Washburns and 19th century America -- The farm -- Frontier Orono -- Political jungle -- Death comes for the Whig party -- The birth of the Republicans -- Revolution in Maine -- Long climb upwards -- The unlikely governor -- To save the Union -- Harder going -- The collector -- Elder statesman -- Washburn evaluated
Subjects
- Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883.
- United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History.
- Whig Party (U.S.) -- History.
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
- Governors -- Maine -- Biography.
- Maine -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
- Maine -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877.