NMC Library
Image from Google Jackets

Impeached : the trial of President Andrew Johnson and the fight for Lincoln's legacy / David O. Stewart.

By: Publication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: x, 447 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781416547495
  • 1416547495
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.8/1092 22
LOC classification:
  • E666 .S84 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Bad beginnings : Spring 1865 -- President Johnson : April 1865 -- Land of revolution : November 1865 -- The opposition gathers : December 1865 -- A government divided against itself : January-June 1866 -- Political war : July-November 1866 -- False start on impeachment : December 1866-June 1867 -- The dangerous sphinx : August-November 1867 -- Impeachment, round two : December 1867 -- Impeachment, round three : December 12, 1867-February 15, 1868 -- Showdown on Seventeenth street : February 15-21, 1868 -- The dam bursts : February 22-24, 1868 -- The Waterloo struggle : February 24-March 4, 1868 -- Send in the lawyers : March 5-29, 1868 -- Influence and Edmund Cooper : March 1868 -- Ben Butler's horse case : March 30-April 8, 1868 -- Defending the President : April 9-20, 1868 -- Counting to seven : April 1868 -- An avalanche of talk : April 22-May 6, 1868 -- The dark men : May 5-9, 1868 -- Scrambling for votes : May 6-12, 1868 -- Desperate days : May 12-15, 1868 -- Free again : May 16-26, 1868 -- Searching for scandal : May 17-July 5, 1868 -- The caravan moves on : January 1, 1869- -- The Rorschach blot.
Summary: An account of the attempt to remove Andrew Johnson from the presidency. It demolishes the myth that Johnson's impeachment was unjustified.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-426) and index.

Bad beginnings : Spring 1865 -- President Johnson : April 1865 -- Land of revolution : November 1865 -- The opposition gathers : December 1865 -- A government divided against itself : January-June 1866 -- Political war : July-November 1866 -- False start on impeachment : December 1866-June 1867 -- The dangerous sphinx : August-November 1867 -- Impeachment, round two : December 1867 -- Impeachment, round three : December 12, 1867-February 15, 1868 -- Showdown on Seventeenth street : February 15-21, 1868 -- The dam bursts : February 22-24, 1868 -- The Waterloo struggle : February 24-March 4, 1868 -- Send in the lawyers : March 5-29, 1868 -- Influence and Edmund Cooper : March 1868 -- Ben Butler's horse case : March 30-April 8, 1868 -- Defending the President : April 9-20, 1868 -- Counting to seven : April 1868 -- An avalanche of talk : April 22-May 6, 1868 -- The dark men : May 5-9, 1868 -- Scrambling for votes : May 6-12, 1868 -- Desperate days : May 12-15, 1868 -- Free again : May 16-26, 1868 -- Searching for scandal : May 17-July 5, 1868 -- The caravan moves on : January 1, 1869- -- The Rorschach blot.

An account of the attempt to remove Andrew Johnson from the presidency. It demolishes the myth that Johnson's impeachment was unjustified.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha