Lincoln and the Bluegrass

William H. Townsend (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

468 Seiten

1990
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-0196-5 (ISBN)

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The Bluegrass region of Kentucky was the only part of the slaveholding South Abraham Lincoln knew intimately. How the cultural environment of Lexington, the home of Lincoln's wife, with its pleasure-loving aristocracy, its distinguished political leaders, and its slave auctions shaped his opinions on slavery and secession is traced in these pages.

In this city, early known as the "Athens of the West," Lincoln's alliance with the Todd family widened his circle of acquaintances to include such diverse personalities as the fiery Cassius M. Clay, who urged immediate emancipation; Dr. Robert J. Breckinridge, courageous Presbyterian minister, and the doctor's nephew, John C. Breckinridge, who took up arms against Lincoln after his election to the presidency.

William H. Townsend is author of Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky and The Lion of White Hall.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.6.1990
Zusatzinfo	illus
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8131-0196-4 / 0813101964
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-0196-5 / 9780813101965
Zustand	Neuware