Amiable scoundrel [electronic resource] :Simon Cameron, Lincoln's scandalous Secretary of War / Paul Kahan.
By: Kahan, Paul [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookPublisher: Lincoln : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781612348490; 1612348491.Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates | Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 | Legislators -- United States -- Biography | Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography | Maytown (Lancaster County, Pa.) -- Biography | United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877Genre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 973.7092 | B Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: warm friends and bitter enemies -- A determined will and a right purpose -- The great Winnebago chief, 1838-45 -- True-hearted Pennsylvanian, able, fearless, and unflinching, 1845-49 -- Exclude him from the ranks of the Democratic Party, 1849-60 -- What they worship is the God of success, 1860-61 -- Then profit shall accrue, 1861-62 -- Gentlemen, the paragraph stands, 1861-62 -- A man out of office in Washington, 1862-67 -- Nothing can beat you, 1867-77 -- I'll behave myself as long as I'm here, 1877-89 -- Conclusion: I did the best I could and was never untrue to a friend.
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