01736cam a2200325 i 4500 1164329560 TxAuBib 20141016120000.0 140729s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781451693867 $27.00 1451693869 $27.00 (OCoLC)889933412 SRC eng rda SRC OCLCO JTH YDXCP JP3 UOK TxAuBib rda Brewster, Todd, author. Lincoln's gamble : the tumultuous six months that gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War / Todd Brewster. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2014. ix, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index. Introduction: A man, imperfect -- A funeral: July 13, 1862 -- "In regard to your slaves..." -- Nerve center -- First reading -- Send them away -- God knows -- One day: September 17, 1862 -- Preliminaries -- Dissent -- A different war -- Weakened -- A birthing: January 1, 1863. A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincoln's presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War. 20141016. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865. United States President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) Emancipation Proclamation. United States Politics and government 1861-1865. TXKIP