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100 1 $aDonald, David Herbert,$d1920-
245 10 $aCharles Sumner and the coming of the Civil War.
250 $a[1st ed.]
260 0 $aNew York,$bKnopf,$c1960.
300 $axxii, 392, xxiv p.$billus.$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliography.
505 0 $aA natural coldness -- You were meant for Boston -- The life of life -- The iron curtain -- An outrageous philanthropist -- Let the lines be drawn -- Glacial solitude -- A one-idead abolitionist agitator -- The slave of principles -- Outside of any healthy political organization -- The crimes against Kansas -- The vacant chair -- If Mr. Lincoln stands firm.
520 $a"Traces Sumner's life as the nation careens toward civil war. In a period when senators often exercised more influence than presidents, Senator Charles Sumner was one of the most powerful forces in the American government and remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. His uncompromising moral standards made him a lightning rod in an era fraught with conflict"--Publisher's description.
600 10 $aSumner, Charles,$d1811-1874.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bSenate$vBiography.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1845-1861.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aDonald, David Herbert, 1920-2009.$tCharles Sumner and the coming of the Civil War.$b[1st ed.].$dNew York : Knopf, 1960$w(OCoLC)559229617
776 08 $iOnline version:$aDonald, David Herbert, 1920-2009.$tCharles Sumner and the coming of the Civil War.$b[1st ed.].$dNew York : Knopf, 1960$w(OCoLC)629714226
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