Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 1596916192
- ISBN-13
- 9781596916197
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 399
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-09-28
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Douglas R. Egerton
Description
The prequel to Team of Rivals describes the events that led up to Abraham Lincoln outmaneuvering prominent Republicans and his biggest rival, Stephen Douglas, to win the presidency with a record-low percent of the popular vote.
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