Winston, Robert W (Robert Watson) 1860-1944 Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 549 pages front., plates, portraits, map, facsims 24 cm
Type:
Books
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
1928
19th century
Contents:
pt. 1. Odds, 1808-1860. Runaway apprentice -- A. Johnson, tailor -- Successor to Andrew Jackson -- Congressman -- On the stump -- Governor and senator -- Home life -- Jeff Davis spoils the broth -- Father of the homestead -- Impasse -- pt. 2. Alone, 1860-1865. Testing time -- Lion-heart -- The fight for Tennessee -- Senatorial whip -- Military governor -- Lincoln and Johnson -- Vice-President -- Execution of Mrs. Surratt -- Hero of the hour -- Thad Stevens pockets Congress -- pt. 3. Unbowed, 1865 and after. Presidential reconstruction -- Swinging round the circle -- Veto follows veto -- The great reconstruction -- Impeachment of the President -- The trial -- Foreign and domestic policy -- Leaving the White House -- The come-back -- Sixty years after
