Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy

by John Niven

Overview

A full-scale life and times biography of an important Civil War figure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195016932
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/08/1973
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.22(h) x 1.88(d)

Table of Contents

1	A Roving Disposition	3
2	Gentleman-Editor (1825-1828)	21
3	Apprenticeship in Politics	35
4	Rewards for the Faithful	50
5	Assignment in Washington	71
6	Conflict and Compromise	88
7	Struggle for Ascendancy	104
8	Loco-Foco	119
9	Niles, Welles and Co.	134
10	A Persistent Suitor	150
11	Hard Times	167
12	Low Ebb	193
13	Mutual Fears	212
14	Independent Democrat	233
15	Free Soil and Fremont	253
16	Chicago: 1860	276
17	New England's Representative Man	303
18	Conflict	324
19	The Executive Touch	346
20	Trials and Triumphs	361
21	Neptune and Mars	388
22	Confusion of Purposes	404
23	Monitor Mania	423
24	A Blunted Trident	440
25	On the Defensive	467
26	Suffrage is Crucial	496
27	The Issue is With Him	514
28	The Madness of the Hour	532
29	Drama and Melodrama	546
30	Old and Full of Days	565
	Abbreviations Used in the Notes	581
	Notes	583
	Bibliography	639
	Appendix I	655
	Index	659

Editorial Reviews

**** Reprint of the Oxford University Press work originally published in 1973 (and distinguished by inclusion in BCL3). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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