Amiable scoundrel : Simon Cameron, Lincoln's scandalous Secretary of War
- Title
- Amiable scoundrel : Simon Cameron, Lincoln's scandalous Secretary of War / Paul Kahan.
- Published by
- Lincoln : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Friends and associates
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- 1849-1877
- Cabinet officers > United States > Biography
- Legislators > United States > Biography
- Cabinet officers
- Friendship
- Legislators
- Politics and government
- United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877
- United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865
- Maytown (Lancaster County, Pa.) > Biography
- Pennsylvania > Maytown (Lancaster County)
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Contents
- 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.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index.