MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009020565
003 DLC
005 20151204081724.0
008 090519s2009 ncua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2009020565
020 $a9780786444281 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786444282 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn318421099
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dCDX$dBWX$dDLC
043 $an-us---$an-us-ny
050 00 $aE415.9.S4$bD46 2009
082 00 $a328.73/092 B$222
100 1 $aDenton, Lawrence M.
245 10 $aWilliam Henry Seward and the secession crisis :$bthe effort to prevent civil war /$cLawrence M. Denton.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2009.
300 $av, 221 p. ;$bill. ;$c23 cm.
520 2 $a"William Henry Seward, U.S. senator and former governor, lost the Republican Party nomination for president in 1860, but aided Lincoln's election by touring the country on behalf of the Republican ticket. This biography explores Seward's political power and the theory that, as president, he might have prevented the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aLuck of the draw -- To be president -- Henry takes charge -- February : Union light, shine bright -- March madness -- The point of no return.
600 10 $aSeward, William H.$q(William Henry),$d1801-1872.
600 10 $aSeward, William H.$q(William Henry),$d1801-1872$xPolitical and social views.
650 0 $aPolitical leadership$zUnited States$vCase studies.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bSenate$vBiography.
650 0 $aPresidential candidates$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aGovernors$zNew York (State)$vBiography.
651 0 $aSecession$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1849-1861.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses.