Previously published in hbk.: Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1990.

This biography places particular emphasis on Douglas's struggles with President James Buchanan, his debates with Lincoln, the presidential campaign of 1860, and his complex ...

"Part sourthern, part northern, and wholly western, Missouri symbolized the border. From the inception of the compromise that bore its name until the Civil War, the state was a ...

"Part sourthern, part northern, and wholly western, Missouri symbolized the border. From the inception of the compromise that bore its name until the Civil War, the state was a ...