Lincoln looks West from the Mississippi to the Pacific / edited by Richard W. Etulain.

Other author Etulain, Richard W.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCarbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press,
Descriptionxi, 262 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Slavery--United States. --Extension to the territories.
West (U.S.)--Politics and government. --19th century.
United States--Territorial expansion. --History. --19th century.

Contents Abraham Lincoln and the Trans-Mississippi American West: an introductory overview -- Lincoln and the Mexican War: an argument by analogy / Mark E. Neely, Jr. -- Lincoln, the West, and the antislavery politics of the 1850s / Michael S. Green -- Lincoln, the Thirteenth Amendment, and the admission of Nevada / Earl S. Pomeroy -- Lincoln and the territorial patronage: the ascendancy of the radicals in the West / Vincent G. Tegeder -- Lincoln's New Mexico patronage: saving the Far Southwest for the Union / Deren Earl Kellogg -- The tribe of Abraham: Lincoln and the Washington Territory / Robert W. Johannsen -- Dr. Anson G. Henry (1804-65): Lincoln's junkyard dog / Paul M. Zall -- The Mormon connection: Lincoln, the saints, and the crisis of equality / Larry Schweikart -- Lincoln and the Indians / David A. Nichols -- Lincoln and the American West: a bibliographical essay and a bibliography.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009021082
ISBN9780809329618 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0809329611 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780809385584 (ebook)
ISBN0809385589 (ebook)

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