Lincoln's Pathfinder: John C. Fremont and the Violent Election of 1856

by John Bicknell

Book Overview

The 1856 presidential race was the most violent peacetime election in American history. War between proslavery and antislavery settlers raged in Kansas; a congressman shot an Irish immigrant at a Washington hotel; and another congressman beat a US senator senseless on the floor of the Senate. But amid all the violence, the campaign of the new Republican Party, headed by famed explorer John C. Fr mont, offered a ray of hope: a major party dedicated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613737971
• ISBN13: 9781613737972
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"