Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
Publication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 2009Description: xix,916pISBN:- 9780141043722
- 920 GOO
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | BK | 920 GOO | Available | 018283 |
CONTENTS
Maps and Diagrams xiii
Introduction xv
PART I THE RIVALS
1 Four Men Waiting 5
2 The "Longing to Rise" 28
3 The Lure of Politics 60
4 "Plunder & Conquest" 119
5 The Turbulent Fifties 140
6 The Gathering Storm 170
7 Countdown to the Nomination 211
8 Showdown in Chicago 237
9 "A Man Knows His Own Name" 257
10 "An Intensified Crossword Puzzle" 279
11 "I Am Now Public Property" 305
PART II MASTER AMONG MEN 321
12 "Mystic Chords of Memory": Spring 1861 323
13 "The Ball Has Opened": Summer 1861 . 347
14 "I Do Not Intend to Be Sacrificed": Fall 1861 377"My Boy Is Gone": Winter 1862 409
15 "He Was Simply Out-Generaled": Spring 1862 425
16 "We Are in the Depths": Summer 1862 445
17 "My Word Is Out": Fall 1862 473
18 "Fire in the Rear": Winter-Spring 1863 497
19 "The Tycoon Is in Fine Whack": Summer 1863 522
20 "I Feel Trouble in the Air": Summer-Fall 1863 548
21 "Still in Wild Water": Fall 1863 573
22 "There's a Man in It!": Winter-Spring 1864 597
23 "Atlanta Is Ours": Summer-Fall 1864 627
24 "A Sacred Effort": Winter 1864-1865 667
25 The Final Weeks: Spring 1865 702
Epilogue 757
Acknowledgments 755
Notes 759
Illustration Credits 881
Index 883
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