| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Threshold; 2. Trials and Triumphs; 3. The Young Professional; 4. Upward Bound; 5. A Distant Shore; 6. To Recognize the Distinctions; 7. Climbing the Slippery Pole; 8. "Free Soil, Free Labor and Free Men, "; 9. Among the Great; 10. Mid-passage; 11. Independent Democrat; 12. An Uncertain Future; 13. On the Campaign Trail; 14. As Others See Us; 15. For the Good of the Party; 16. Defeat at the Summit; 17. Visit to Springfield; 18. Loaves and Fishes; 19. War; 20. No Other Recourse; 21. Military Moves and Missions; 22. High Stakes; 23. Emancipation with Exceptions; 24. Mixed Results |
| Summary |
A biography of Salmon P. Chase, one of the principal political figures in the American Civil War period. A rival to Abraham Lincoln for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1860, he subsequently became Secretary of the Treasury in Lincoln's war-time cabinet |
| Analysis |
Politics History, 1845-1901 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-528) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873.
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| SUBJECT |
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 fast |
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography
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United States. Congress. Senate fast |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography
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Judges -- United States -- Biography
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Governors -- Ohio -- Biography
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Governors
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Judges
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Legislators
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140438
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Ohio
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1601296401 |
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9781601296405 |
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9780195046533 |
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0195046536 |
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1423736125 |
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9781423736127 |
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1280439815 |
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9781280439810 |
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