Lincolns Travels On The River Queen During The Last Days Of His Life

Author : Wayne Calhoun Temple
Publisher : Mayhaven Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Travels on the River Queen During the Last Days of His Life written by Wayne Calhoun Temple and published by Mayhaven Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Noah Andre Trudeau
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611213274
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln's Greatest Journey written by Noah Andre Trudeau and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times–bestselling author, “a vivid account of Lincoln’s sixteen days at the front in Virginia” (James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom). March 1865: The United States was at a crossroads and, truth be told, Abraham Lincoln was a sick man. I am very unwell, he confided to a close acquaintance. A vast and terrible civil war was winding down, leaving momentous questions for a war-weary president to address. A timely invitation from Gen. Ulysses S. Grant provided the impetus for an escape to City Point, Virginia, a journey from which Abraham Lincoln drew much more than he ever expected. This book offers the first comprehensive account of a momentous time in his presidency. Lincoln made the trip to escape the constant interruptions in the capital that were draining his vitality, and to make his personal amends for presiding over the most destructive war in American history in order to save the nation. Lincoln returned to Washington sixteen days later with a renewed sense of purpose, urgency, and direction that would fundamentally shape his second-term agenda. This was his longest break from the White House since he had taken office, and until now little has been known about it. Lincoln’s Greatest Journey represents the most extensively researched and detailed story of these decisive sixteen days at City Point, in a narrative laden with many previously unpublished accounts that fill in gaps and clear up misconceptions. A fresh, more complete picture of Lincoln emerges, set against a dramatically new narrative of what really happened during those last weeks of his life.

Author : John Avlon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982108134
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln and the Fight for Peace written by John Avlon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War-a vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world's most famous peacemakers, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a story of war and peace, race and reconciliation

Author : James Conroy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493004115
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our One Common Country written by James Conroy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our One Common Country explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War. Given short shrift or overlooked by many historians, the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865 was a crucial turning point in the War between the States. In this well written and highly documented book, James B. Conroy describes in fascinating detail what happened when leaders from both sides came together to try to end the hostilities. The meeting was meant to end the fighting on peaceful terms. It failed, however, and the war dragged on for two more bloody, destructive months. Through meticulous research of both primary and secondary sources, Conroy tells the story of the doomed peace negotiations through the characters who lived it. With a fresh and immediate perspective, Our One Common Country offers a thrilling and eye-opening look into the inability of our nation’s leaders to find a peaceful solution. The failure of the Hamptons Roads Conference shaped the course of American history and the future of America’s wars to come.

Author : Harold Holzer
Publisher : Calkins Creek Books
ISBN 13 : 1590783034
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Father Abraham written by Harold Holzer and published by Calkins Creek Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the struggles that marked the family life of Abraham and Mary Lincoln and their four boys.

Author : Richard Campanella
Publisher : University of Louisiana
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln in New Orleans written by Richard Campanella and published by University of Louisiana. This book was released on 2010 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln in New Orleans reconstructs, to levels of detail and analyses never before attempted, the nature of Lincoln's two flatboat journeys to New Orleans and examines their influence on Lincoln's life, presidency, and subsequent historiography. It also sheds light on river commerce and New Orleans in the antebellum era.

Author : Rockford E. Toews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln in Annapolis, February 1865 written by Rockford E. Toews and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of Illinois History written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ted Widmer
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476739447
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln on the Verge written by Ted Widmer and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic...superb.” ­—The Washington Post “A book for our time.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America’s greatest president discovering his own strength to save the Republic. As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Washington and his inauguration—an inauguration Southerners have vowed to prevent. Lincoln on the Verge charts these pivotal thirteen days of travel, as Lincoln discovers his power, speaks directly to the public, and sees his country up close. Drawing on new research, this riveting account reveals the president-elect as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, as he foils an assassination attempt, forges an unbreakable bond with the American people, and overcomes formidable obstacles in order to take his oath of office.

Author : John Toman and Michael Frutig
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467151661
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln and Chicago written by John Toman and Michael Frutig and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln and Chicago both generate countless books, but this is the first in-depth examination of the actual relationship between the Prairie State's biggest city and its most famous citizen. The Illinois Rail Splitter's influence can be felt across the Land of Lincoln, but his relationship with Chicago was pivotal in his journey to the national stage. Lincoln first came to Chicago in 1847, a year before the Illinois-Michigan Canal opened and brought spectacular wealth to the region. The Midwestern metropolis is where Lincoln would meet the backers that ultimately propelled him into the White House. Tens of thousands of Chicagoans viewed his coffin at its last stop before its final destination in Springfield. John Toman and Michael Frutig explore how the people of Chicago managed to get their man into power on the eve of the greatest crisis the nation had ever faced.