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Genre/Form: | Biographies History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pratt, Fletcher, 1897-1956. Stanton. New York : Norton, 1953 (OCoLC)610244943 |
Named Person: | Edwin M Stanton; Edwin McMasters Stanton; Edwin M Stanton |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Fletcher Pratt |
OCLC Number: | 444851 |
Description: | xiii, 520 pages portrait, maps 22 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1. The preparation. An Ohio boyhood -- Mr. Attorney Stanton -- The wider stage -- The controlling cases -- Dusty Washington ; golden California -- Background becomes foreground -- The tortured hours -- In transit ; dissatisfaction -- pt. 2. The realization. Setting up housekeeping -- The mind of a soldier -- I must have more troops -- Search for a remedy -- Remedy still to be found -- Two heroes -- Ebb tide -- A study in contrasts -- Double concerto with a finale diminuendo -- Assembly of the decisive pieces -- The waiting winter -- The attack, at last -- Dark August -- The lightning and the sword -- It came out the wrong way -- pt. 3. The third career. Explanations are in order. |
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