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03010aam a2200541 i 4500 001 6852FEB2E9E911EBBBC9467A3DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210721010052 008 190813s2020 fluab b 001 0beng c 010 $a 2019028442 020 $a 1620236605 020 $a 9781620236604 035 $a (OCoLC)1118979957 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCL $d YDX $d BDX $d YDX $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-in $a n-us-in 050 00 $a E415.9.E64 $b S44 2020 100 1 $a Schimmel, Elliott, $d 1948- $e author. 240 10 $a William H. English and the politics of self-deception, 1845-1861 245 14 $a The center could not hold : $b Congressman William H. English and his antebellum political times / $c Elliott Schimmel. 264 1 $a Ocala, Florida : $b Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., $c [2020] 300 $a vi, 564 pages : $b illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Florida State University, 1986, titled William H. English and the politics of self-deception, 1845-1861. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Youth and apprenticeship -- Persistant factionalism and the road to the House -- The Democratic creed -- Hydra-headed headaches -- The democracy survives -- Lecompton -- The English bill -- Young America revisited -- The irrepressible conflict. 520 $a "The story of a self-deceived congressman who believed, from his misreading of the Southern mind, that Civil War could be prevented"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a English, William Hayden, $d 1822-1896. 610 10 $a United States. $b Congress $v Biography. 610 20 $a Democratic Party (U.S.) $x History $y 19th century. 600 17 $a English, William Hayden, $d 1822-1896. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00246075 610 27 $a Democratic Party (U.S.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00532710 610 17 $a United States. $b Congress. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00529490 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1853-1857. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1857-1861. 651 0 $a Indiana $v Biography. 650 7 $a Legislators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a Indiana. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204604 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Schimmel, Elliott, 1948- $s William H. English and the politics of self-deception, 1845-1861 $t The center could not hold. $d Ocala, Florida : Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., [2019] $z 9781620236611 $w (DLC) 2019028443 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019020909.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6852FEB2E9E911EBBBC9467A3DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search