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Lincoln and Douglas : The Debates That Defined America by Allen C. Guelzo (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Lincoln and Douglas : The Debates That Defined America, Paperback by Guelzo, Allen C., ISBN 0743273214, ISBN-13 9780743273213, Brand New, Free shipping in the US An account of the famous open-air 1858 Senate election debates between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln provides insight into their political rivalry while gauging mid-nineteenth-century issues and how they affected local and presidential campaigns. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743273214

ISBN-139780743273213

eBay Product ID (ePID)66683781

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Book TitleLincoln and Douglas : the Debates That Defined America

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicUnited States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State, Political, American Government / State, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorAllen C. Guelzo

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal973.6/8

Table Of ContentINTRODUCTION:From Lincoln and Douglas to Nixon and Kennedy1 The Least Man I Ever Saw2 Take Care of Your Old Whigs3 A David Greater Than Goliath4 For God's Sake, Linder, Come Up5 In the Face of the Nation6 The Same Tyrannical PrincipleEPILOGUE: One Supreme IssueNOTESACKNOWLEDGMENTSINDEXILLUSTRATION CREDITS

SynopsisFrom the two-time winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize, a stirring and surprising account of the debates that made Lincoln a national figure and defined the slavery issue that would bring the country to war. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was known as a successful Illinois lawyer who had achieved some prominence in state politics as a leader in the new Republican Party. Two years later, he was elected president and was on his way to becoming the greatest chief executive in American history. What carried this one-term congressman from obscurity to fame was the campaign he mounted for the United States Senate against the country's most formidable politician, Stephen A. Douglas, in the summer and fall of 1858. As this brilliant narrative by the prize-winning Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo dramatizes, Lincoln would emerge a predominant national figure, the leader of his party, the man who would bear the burden of the national confrontation. Lincoln lost that Senate race to Douglas, though he came close to toppling the "Little Giant," whom almost everyone thought was unbeatable. Guelzo's Lincoln and Douglas brings alive their debates and this whole year of campaigns and underscores their centrality in the greatest conflict in American history. The encounters between Lincoln and Douglas engage a key question in American political life: What is democracy's purpose? Is it to satisfy the desires of the majority? Or is it to achieve a just and moral public order? These were the real questions in 1858 that led to the Civil War. They remain questions for Americans today.