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Author:

Villard, Henry, 1835-1900, author.

Title:

Sixteenth president-in-waiting : Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860-1861 / edited by Michael Burlingame.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 407 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Press coverage.--Press coverage.
Presidents--Press coverage--1860--Press coverage--United States.
Political campaigns--Press coverage--19th century--Press coverage--United States.
United States--Press coverage.--1857-1861--Press coverage.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
HISTORY--United States--Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY--United States--Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)--Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Presidents & Heads of State.

Other Authors:

Burlingame, Michael, 1941- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"The most noteworthy reporting of German-born Henry Villard dates from late 1860 and early 1861, when he was embedded in Springfield, Illinois, after Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency and before his inauguration. Michael Burlingame has organized and annotated all of Villard's dispatches from November 1860 to January 1861"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

080933643X
9780809336432

OCLC:

(OCoLC)982091608

LCCN:

2017029784

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)