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Author:
Grinspan, Jon, author.
Title:
Wide awake : the forgotten force that elected Lincoln and spurred the Civil War / Jon Grinspan.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2024
Description:
xviii, 333 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Influence.
Presidents--United States--Election--1860.
Political campaigns--United States--History--19th century.
Political clubs--United States--19th century.
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
United States--Intellectual life--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-322) and index.
Summary:
A Smithsonian historian documents the rise of the most surprising, most consequential political club: the Wide Awake anti-slavery youth movement that march America from the 1860 election to the civil war, bearing witness to the power of protest, the fightfor majority rule and the defense of free speech.
ISBN:
1639730648
9781639730643
LCCN:
bl2024009840
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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