Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Burlingame, Michael, 1941-

Description

1. ix, 407 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "The most noteworthy reporting of German-born Henry Villard dates from late 1860 and early 1861, when he was embedded in Springfield, Illinois, after Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency and before his inauguration. Michael Burlingame has organized and annotated all of Villard's dispatches from November 1860 to January 1861"--

Subject

1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political career before 1861 -- Press coverage
2. Presidents -- Election -- Press coverage -- 1860 -- United States
3. Political campaigns -- History -- Press coverage -- 19th century -- United States
4. United States -- Politics and government -- Press coverage. -- 1857-1861

Call number

1. JFE 18-4147

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Villard, Henry, 1835-1900, author.

Title

1. Sixteenth president-in-waiting : Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860-1861 / edited by Michael Burlingame.

Publisher

1. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2018.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Burlingame, Michael, 1941- editor.

LCCN

1. 2017029784

ISBN

1. 9780809336432 hardcover
2. 080933643X hardcover

Research call number

1. JFE 18-4147