Lincoln and His World
In the climax of Richard Lawrence Miller''s epic four-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln''s pre-presidential years, a blunder by the proponents of slavery propels Lincoln toward the White House. Initially, passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act seems to be a victory for the South, opening the American West to slavery. Ultimately, however, the North rises in anger, with Lincoln helping to fan the f...
In the climax of Richard Lawrence Miller''s epic four-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln''s pre-presidential years, a blunder by the proponents of slavery propels Lincoln toward the White House. Initially, passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act seems to be a victory for the South, opening the American West to slavery. Ultimately, however, the North rises in anger, with Lincoln helping to fan the f...
