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The Avenger Takes His Place: Andrew Johnson and the 45 Days That Changed the Nation
by Means, Howard
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151012121
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012121
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2006. Textblock is immaculately clean and tight. All page edges crisp and clean. Minor bumping to head and foot of spine. Unclipped dust jacket, illustrated, light rippling to head and foot of spine. 286pp., including endnotes and index.. Paper-Covered Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Synopsis
From the moment of Lincoln’s death on April 15, 1865, until Andrew Johnson, his replacement, formally announced postwar plans on May 29, the fate of the country hung in the balance. War had left the Republic strained almost beyond endurance. Johnson’s ascendancy to the presidency seemed the killing stroke even to the victorious North. A former slave owner from the border state of Tennessee, Johnson had been drunk at his inauguration as vice president; he was hated equally by the South and the North. Some Northerners were even convinced he had been part of the conspiracy behind Lincoln’s assassination. Later, he escaped impeachment by a single vote. As Howard Means reveals in this revisionist, powerfully persuasive, and absorbingly dramatic account of Johnson’s first six weeks in office, the new president faced almost insurmountable odds. Yet, as Means shows, Johnson not only met but overcame them, preserving the Union for which so many had sacrificed their lives.
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- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB11499
- Title
- The Avenger Takes His Place: Andrew Johnson and the 45 Days That Changed the Nation
- Author
- Means, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151012121
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012121
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Orlando
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Andrew Johnson Biography, Andrew Johnson's First 6 Weeks of Presidency, American Presidents
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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