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Genre/Form: | History |
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Named Person: | Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jay Winik |
ISBN: | 0060899689 9780060899684 |
OCLC Number: | 72054355 |
Notes: | Originally published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©2001. |
Description: | xvi, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
Contents: | List of maps -- Introduction -- Prelude -- A "Nation delayed" -- pt. 1 March 1865 -- The Dilemma -- pt. 2 April 1, 1865 -- The Fall -- The Chase -- and the decision -- The Meeting -- pt. 3 April 15, 1865 -- The Unraveling -- Will it all come undone? -- Surrender -- pt. 4 Late Spring, 1865 -- Reconciliation -- Epilogue To make a nation -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Jay Winik. |
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Abstract:
Traces the events which occurred in the final days of the Civil War and discusses how these events changed the history of the United States.

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