Brian Mcginty

Lincoln and California

The President, the War, and the Golden State

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lincoln and California portrays the previously unrecognized ties between President Abraham Lincoln and the Golden State, portraying his key relationships with close friends and personal acquaintances that helped influence the imperiled Union.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781640126060
• ISBN-10: 1640126066
• Artikelnr.: 67414002

Autorenporträt

Brian McGinty is the award-winning author of twelve books, including Lincoln’s Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America; Lincoln and the Court; and John Brown’s Trial, and more than two hundred articles on American history, the American West, and American legal history.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction    
1. April 14, 1865
2. A Western Free State Man
3. Honest Old Abe
4. California’s Future
5. The War Begins
6. The First Californian
7. The Office Seekers
8. The Judges    
9. Destiny’s Land
10. Gold, Silver, and Greenbacks
11. The Native Peoples
12. The War Continues
13. Letters from Washington
14. The View from Lone Mountain
15. What Was Remembered
Chronology    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index