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Wide Awake
The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024, ©2024.
Format: Book
Description: xviii, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
"At the start of the 1860 presidential campaign, a handful of fired-up young Northerners appeared as bodyguards to defend anti-slavery stump speakers from frequent attacks. The group called themselves the Wide Awakes. Soon, hundreds of thousands of young White and Black men, and a number of women, were organizing boisterous, uniformed, torch-bearing brigades of their own. These Wide Awakes--mostly working-class Americans in their twenties--became one of the largest, most spectacular, and most influential political movements in our history. To some, it demonstrated the power of a rising majority to push back against slavery. To others, it looked like a paramilitary force training to invade the South. Within a year, the nation would be at war with itself, and many on both sides would point to the Wide Awakes as the mechanism that got them there."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part One. The systemic organization of hatreds. Don't care ; America's armory ; Quiet men are dangerous ; If I want to go to Chicago -- Part Two. Let the people work ; A spontaneous outburst of the people ; They get me out when I'm sleepy ; Wide Awakes! Charge! ; The approach of a conquering army ; I think that settles it -- Part Three. The transmogrification of the wide awakes ; Permit me to suggest a plan ; Our most determined and reckless followers ; "I would rather be a soldier than a Wide Awake."
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence.
Political clubs -- United States -- 1815-1861.
Political campaigns -- United States -- 1860.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1860.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Political participation -- United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence.
Political clubs -- United States -- 1815-1861.
Political campaigns -- United States -- 1860.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1860.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Political participation -- United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9781639730643
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War Civil Gri | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 7/16/2024) |
Includes biographical references and index.