Thomas, Benjamin Platt, 1902-1956. Stanton; : the life and times of Lincoln's Secretary of War [electronic resource] / [by] Benjamin P. Thomas and Harold M. Hyman.. — [1st ed.].. — New York, : Knopf,, 1962.. — xvii, 642, xii p. : illus., ports., facsim. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- A fair prospect -- Jacksonian reformer -- On the way up -- At the heights of the law -- First blow for the Union -- From critic to colleague -- Secretary of War -- Organizing victory -- Failure and frustration -- Relentlessly and without remorse -- Discouraged but not despairing -- My way is clear -- War in good earnest -- Trampled by the hoof of war -- A tower of strength -- His iron mask torn off -- The misfortune of that station -- Stanton's Lincoln -- Sherman's truce -- Justice -- Discord -- Decision -- They must muster me out -- Fruits into ashes -- The root of bitterness -- Off the sharp hooks of uncertainty -- In suspense -- No one will steal it now -- Cling to the old "orifice" -- Campaigning for great -- The obsequies have been enlarged -- Epilogue: A note on the history of Stanton biographies.



LCCN: 61017829

Subjects--Personal Names:
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

LC Class. No.: E467.1.S8 / T45

Dewey Class. No.: 923.273