Edition |
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. |
Description |
viii, 703 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [551]-660) and index. |
Contents |
"Elements of a statesman": 1801-1830 -- "Who is William H. Seward?": 1831-1838 -- "A higher standard of social perfection": 1839-1842 -- "You and I can and must do it": 1843-1849 -- "A higher law than the Constitution": 1849-1854 -- "Foremost statesman of the whole north": 1854-1856 -- "An irrepressible conflict": 1857-1859 -- "Lincoln nominated third ballot": 1860 -- "Save the Union in my own way": November 1860-March 1861 -- "I must do it": March-April 1861 -- "Through the fires of Tophet": 1861 -- "Remove him": 1862 -- "Ask not whether the enemy is near": 1863 -- "Firm and hopeful": 1864 -- "I am not dead": 1865 -- "Political apostasy": 1866 -- "Let us make the treaty tonight": 1867 -- "I'll see you damned first": 1868-1869 -- "Nothing remained... but to keep in motion": 1869-1872. |
Summary |
From one of our most acclaimed new biographers--the first full life of the leader of Lincoln's "Team of Rivals"--William Henry Seward, one of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century. |
Subject |
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872.
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Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Department of State -- Biography.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1861-1865.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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ISBN |
9781439121160 hardcover $32.50 |
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1439121168 hardcover |
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