Lincoln and California: The President, the War, and the Golden State

by Brian McGinty

Book Overview

The ties that bound Abraham Lincoln to California, and California to Lincoln, have long been overlooked by historians. Although the great Civil War president has been the subject of thousands of books, his important relationship with the Western state, both before and during the war--the part it played in bringing on the great conflict and the help it gave him in winning it--have been little described and imperfectly understood. In Lincoln and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640126066
• ISBN13: 9781640126060
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"