Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic Contributor(s): Cook, Robert J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807137073 ISBN-13: 9780807137079 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $45.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Biography & Autobiography - Political Science |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2010019744 |
Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.32 lbs) 344 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: One of the most talented and influential American politicians of the nineteenth century, William Pitt Fessenden (1806--1869) helped devise Union grand strategy during the Civil War. A native of Maine and son of a fiery New England abolitionist, he served in the United States Senate as a member of the Whig Party during the Kansas-Nebraska crisis and played a formative role in the development of the Republican Party. In this richly textured and fast-paced biography, Robert J. Cook charts Fessenden's rise to power and probes the potent mix of political ambition and republican ideology which impelled him to seek a place in the U.S. Senate at a time of rising tension between North and South. |