Examines how the Republican Party lost black voters, what they did to try to retain them and win them back, and why they failed. This book looks at the making o

"Von Drehle has chosen a critical year ('the most eventful year in American history' and the year Lincoln rose to greatness), done his homework, and written a s

With Lincoln's assassination, his "team of rivals" was left adrift. President Andrew Johnson, a former slave owner from Tennessee, was challenged by radical Rep

During the opening days of the Civil War, President Lincoln was under the threat of kidnapping and assassination plots. In the chaos that was Washington at the

Examines how the Republican Party lost black voters, what they did to try to retain them and win them back, and why they failed. This book looks at the making o