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Author Brewster, Todd.

Title Lincoln's gamble : the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War / Todd Brewster.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.714 BREWSTER    DUE 05-03-24
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.714 BREWSTER    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  973.714 BREWSTER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.7 BRE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.71 B75    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.714 BREWSTER    Check Shelf
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description ix, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index.
Contents Introduction: A man, imperfect -- A funeral: July 13, 1862 -- "In regard to your slaves ..." -- Nerve center -- First reading -- Send them away -- God knows -- One day: September 17, 1862 -- Preliminaries -- Dissent -- A different war -- Weakened -- A birthing: January 1, 1863.
Summary A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincoln's presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War.
Subject Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
ISBN 9781451693867 (hardcover)
1451693869 (hardcover)
9781451693904 (ebook)
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