Lincoln and the Border States: Preserving the Union

by William C. Harris

Book Overview

Adopting a new approach to an American icon, an award-winning scholar reexamines the life of Abraham Lincoln to demonstrate how his remarkable political acumen and leadership skills evolved during the intense partisan conflict in pre-Civil War Illinois. By describing Lincoln's rise from obscurity to the presidency, William Harris shows that Lincoln's road to political success was far from easy--and that his reaction to events wasn't always wise or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070061804X
• ISBN13: 9780700618040
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"