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Charles Sumner and the coming of the Civil War  Cover Image Book Book

Charles Sumner and the coming of the Civil War / David Herbert Donald.

Summary:

Harvard Professor David Herbert Donald traces Sumner's life in this Pulitzer-Prize winning classic about a nation careening toward Civil War.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781402218392
  • ISBN: 1402218397
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 407 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, ©2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1960.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-379) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
United States. Congress. Senate > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1845-1861.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library E 415.9 .S9 D66 2009 30775305523608 General Collection Available -


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