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Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
by [LINCOLN] Holzer, Harold
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743289471
- ISBN 13
- 9780743289474
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition: October 2008. In addition, has a complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with rust colored boards, black spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Side edge deckle. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted but for former owners name in red ink at top of front free end paper. Contains a section of glossy black & white photos and portraits. Concludes with Notes to the Chapters and an extensive Index. 623 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Abraham Lincoln first demonstrated his determination and leadership in the Great Secession Winter - the four months between his election in November 1860 and his inauguration in March 1861 - when he rejected compromises urged on him by Republicans and Democrats, Northerners and Southerners, that might have preserved the Union a little longer but would have enshrined slavery for generations. . . .shows that the president-elect waged a shrewd and complex campaign to prevent the expansion of slavery while vainly trying to limit secession to a few Deep South states. . . Lincoln guaranteed the integrity of the American political process of majority rule, sounded the death knell of slavery, and transformed not only his own image but that of the presidency, even while making inevitable the war that would be necessary to make these achievements permanent.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001455
- Title
- Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861
- Author
- [LINCOLN] Holzer, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0743289471
- ISBN 13
- 9780743289474
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Biography, Abraham Lincoln - 1809-1865, Abraham Lincoln - 1809-1865 - Political career before 1861, United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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