The author goes deeply into the makeup of Pennsylvania politics in the 1850s, describing how both the establishment of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania and the nomination and election of Abraham Lincoln as President had been achieved by the end of 1860. The book, well illustrated with maps and portraits of the dramatis personae, contains 22 pages of footnotes, an extensive bibliography, as well as an index. It is probably the first book to "make sense" of the otherwise confusing Pennsylvania politics during that period.
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The author, Aileen Sallom Freeman, has become an expert in the history of northeastern Pennsylvania, and has previously had four other books published centering on this key area of the U.S.
She received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and afterwards studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her first foray into creative writing was at the age of eleven, when "The Grade Teacher" magazine published her play, "The Star Spangled Banner." Now a professional artist, the author is married and has a son.
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Of the events that have played themselves out in northeastern Pennsylvania, little has been said about the political life of the area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black stones that burn, iron interests, northern coal field, gravity railroad, southern coal field, southern slave states, iron manufacture, northeastern quadrant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Charles Miner, Abraham Lincoln, House of Representatives, David Wilmot, Luzerne County, Galusha Grow, Andrew Beaumont, Susquehanna County, William Jessup, South Carolina, Delaware River, Horace Greeley, James Buchanan, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, Missouri Compromise, Simon Cameron, West Chester, Joseph Fellows, Jesse Fell, New England, Susquehanna River, William Penn New!
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Of the events that have played themselves out in northeastern Pennsylvania, little has been said about the political life of the area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black stones that burn, iron interests, northern coal field, gravity railroad, southern coal field, southern slave states, iron manufacture, northeastern quadrant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Charles Miner, Abraham Lincoln, House of Representatives, David Wilmot, Luzerne County, Galusha Grow, Andrew Beaumont, Susquehanna County, William Jessup, South Carolina, Delaware River, Horace Greeley, James Buchanan, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, Missouri Compromise, Simon Cameron, West Chester, Joseph Fellows, Jesse Fell, New England, Susquehanna River, William Penn New!
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- Abraham Lincoln (The Great Americans Series) by Jean F. Blashfield on 7 pages
- Abraham Lincoln and His Ancestors by Ida M. Tarbell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Pennsylvania Iron Manufacture in the Eighteenth Century (Library of early American business & industry) by Arthur Cecil Bining in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Robert G. Ferris in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Peaceable Kingdom (Postcard) by Hicks on page 53, and Back Matter
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