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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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Kirtland Community College Library E 415.9 .S9 D66 2009 30775305523608 General Collection Available -

Syndetic Solutions - Author Notes for ISBN Number 9781402218392
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War
by Donald, David
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Author Notes

Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War

David Herbert Donald is the Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University. He has written over thirty books, including "Lincoln," (1996) which has sold well over 70,000 copies since 2002, and 9,078 copies in 2007 alone, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning "Look Homeward- A Life of Thomas Wolfe."


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