The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition

by Abraham Lincoln, Douglas L. Wilson, Stephen A. Douglas

Book Overview

While the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas are undoubtedly the most celebrated in American history, they may also be the most consequential as well. For the issues so fiercely debated in 1858 were about various interrelated aspects of one momentous, nation-threatening issue: slavery. The contest between Lincoln and Douglas became a testing ground for the viability of conflicting ideals in a nation deeply divided. One of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252033558
• ISBN13: 9780252033551
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"