Salmon P. Chase: Lincoln's Vital Rival

by Walter Stahr

Book Overview

From an acclaimed, New York Times bestselling biographer, a timely reassessment of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: a leading proponent for black rights both before and during his years in cabinet and later as Chief Justice of the United States.

Salmon P. Chase is best remembered as a rival of Lincoln's for the Republican nomination in 1860--but there would not have been a national Republican Party,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501199234
• ISBN13: 9781501199233
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"