Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War

by Roger Lowenstein

Book Overview

"Captivating . . . [Lowenstein] makes what subsequently occurred at Treasury and on Wall Street during the early 1860s seem as enthralling as what transpired on the battlefield or at the White House." --Harold Holzer, Wall Street Journal

"Ways and Means, an account of the Union's financial policies, examines a subject long overshadowed by military narratives . . . Lowenstein is a lucid stylist, able to explain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735223556
• ISBN13: 9780735223554
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"