Lincoln vs. Davis : the war of the presidents / Nigel Hamilton
(2024)
By:
Hamilton, Nigel
Nonfiction
Book
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NEW HISTORY
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PUBLISHED
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xix, 777 pages, 16 pages unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780316564632, 031656463X, 9780316564632
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The rivals -- Fort Sumter -- The fog of war -- Bull Run -- The road not taken -- Winter of discontent -- War on the peninsula -- Harrison's landing -- The end of the rope -- The hundred days -- Epilogue: The angel of liberty
"From the New York Times bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance--and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union" --