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456 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"From acclaimed Lincoln Prize winner Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Abraham Lincoln's grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War. In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation's demographics, culture, and -- perhaps most significantly -- voting patterns. America's newest residents fueled the national economy,...
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xv, 247 pages : 22 cm
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English
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"An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln's powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today--by best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize. Abraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know...
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