Table of Contents

1: The American Republic in 1809
2: The People of the United States in 1809
3: The British Connection
4: The Steam Boat Revolution
5: Illinois Land of Lincoln
6: King Cotton
7: The Missouri Compromise
8: Railroads
9: California Strikes Gold
10: Washington 1847-48
11: Bleeding Kansas
12: Civil War

Promotional Information

An engaging study of Lincoln and how he shaped a nation.

About the Author

Thomas Crump, born into a family of authors, published his first book in 1963.  In the course of more than 40 years spent mainly as an academic, Thomas Crump has published many books. Since retirement in 1994 he has extended his range to write new books about history, science and medicine.

Reviews

Thomas Crump's clear, insightful and engaging account of the beginnings of modern America explains, in many ways, how the US came to require the brave sacrifice of David Llewellyn and many others. It also compellingly describes how Americans developed the means to face one another in a dreadful conflict of mass artillery, troop movements by rail and steamboat, early machine guns and menacing industrial power.
*The Marlburian Club Magazine, Winter 2009*