02464cam a2200361 i 4500 616351937 TxAuBib 20230310120000.0 220916s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022042883 9780802160621 HRD 30.00 080216062X HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Achorn, Edward, author Lincoln miracle. The Lincoln miracle [BOOK] : inside the Republican convention that changed history / Edward Achorn. First edition. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023. viii, 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-501) and index. Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln had a record of political failure. In 1858, he had lost a celebrated Senate bid against incumbent Stephen Douglas, his second failed Senate run, and had not held public office since one term in Congress a decade earlier. As the Republican National Convention opened in mid-May 1860 in Chicago, powerful New York Senator William Seward was the overwhelming favorite for the presidential nomination, with notables like Salmon Chase and Edward Bates in the running. Few thought Lincoln stood a chance—though stubborn Illinois circuit Judge David Davis had come to fight for his friend anyway. Such was the political landscape as Edward Achorn’s The Lincoln Miracle opens on Saturday, May 12, 1860. Chronicling the tense political drama as it unfolded over the next six days, Achorn explores the genius of Lincoln’s quiet strategy, the vicious partisanship tearing apart America, the fierce battles raging over racism and slavery, and booming Chicago as a symbol of the modernization transforming the nation. Provided by publisher. 20230310. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Political career before 1861. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854.) Republican National Convention 2nd 1860 Chicago, Ill. Presidents United States Election 1860. United States Politics and government 1857-1861.