The Lincoln miracle
By Achorn, Edward
Book

The Lincoln miracle :inside the Republican convention that changed history

by
Achorn, Edward. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
PresidentsUnited StatesElection1860(DLC)sh2010108115
Republican National Convention(2nd :1860 :Chicago, Ill.)(DLC)n2020020105
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Publisher and Date
New York, NY :Atlantic Monthly Press,[2023]
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780802160621.
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080216062X.
Library of Congress Call Number
E440.A24 2023
Geographic Area Code
n-us---
Description
viii, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates :illustrations ;24 cm
System Control Number
(OCoLC)1344546204
Summary"The vivid, behind-the-scenes story of perhaps the most consequential political moment in America's history-Abraham Lincoln's epochal nomination as the Republican Party's candidate for president in 1860. Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln had a record of political failure. In 1858, he had lost a celebrated Senate bid against incumbent Stephen Douglas, his second failed Senate run, and had not held public office since one term in Congress a decade earlier. As the Republican National Convention opened in mid-May 1860 in Chicago, New York Senator William Seward was the overwhelming favorite for the presidential nomination, with Salmon Chase and Edward Bates in the running. Few thought Lincoln stood a chance-though Illinois judge David Davis had come to fight for his friend anyway. Such was the political landscape as Edward Achorn's The Lincoln Miracle opens on Saturday, May 12, 1860. Chronicling the tense political drama as it unfolded over the next six days, Achorn explores the genius of Lincoln's quiet strategy, the vicious partisanship tearing apart America over racism and slavery, and booming Chicago as a symbol of the modernization transforming the nation. Closely following the shrewd insiders on hand, from Seward power broker Thurlow Weed to editor Horace Greeley, Achorn brings alive arguably the most important political turning point in our history. From smoky hotel rooms to night marches by the Wide Awakes, the new Republican youth organization, to fiery speeches on the floor of the giant convention center called The Wigwam, Achorn portrays a political climate even more contentious than our own today, out of which the seemingly impossible long shot prevailed. As atmospheric and original as Achorn's previous Every Drop of Blood, The Lincoln Miracle is essential reading for any Lincoln aficionado as it is for anyone who cares about our nation's history"--Provided by publisher.
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