Discusses the political competition of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas with a biographical examination of the two drastically different personalities that came to the forefront of U.S. politics in the mid-nineteenth century and shaped the nation as they competed for office before the outbreak of the Civil War.
year: 2008
call number/section: 973.7
subjects: lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, adversaries, douglas, stephen arnold, 1813-1861, legislators, united states, biography, illinois, lincoln-douglas debates, ill., 1858, illinois, politics and government, to 1865, united states, 1815-1861