Includes bibliographical references (pages [324]-379) and index.
Note
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1960.
Contents
A natural coldness -- You were meant for Boston -- The life of life -- The Iron Curtain -- An outrageous philanthropist -- Let the lines be drawn -- Glacial solitude -- A one-idead abolitionist agitator -- The slave of principles -- Outside of any healthy political organization -- The crime against Kansas -- The vacant chair -- If Mr. Lincoln stands firm.
Summary
Harvard Professor David Herbert Donald traces Sumner's life in this Pulitzer-Prize winning classic about a nation careening toward Civil War.
