Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Contents xiii
5. Chapter I. Beginnings 1
6. Chapter II. Political Apprenticeship 13
7. Chapter III. Democratic Congressman 36
8. Chapter IV. The "Hale Storm" 52
9. Chapter V. Fruits of Coalition 68
10. Chapter VI. A Reluctant Candidate 86
11. Chapter VII. "The Place of an Ishmaelite" 105
12. Chapter VIII. Crisis and Compromise 123
13. Chapter IX. Law, Lyceums, and Free Soil 144
14. Chapter X. The Coming of the Civil War 163
15. Chapter XI. Radical Republican 191
16. Chapter XII. An American in Spain 224
17. A note on sources manuscripts cited notes index 235
18. Manuscripts Cited 240
19. Notes 243
20. Index 283