Without his New York supporters, it's highly unlikely Abraham Lincoln would have made it to the White House. Yet the majority of New Yorkers never voted for him and were openly hostile to him and his politics. New Yorkers reacted to Lincoln's wartime policies with the deadliest rioting in American history. Here, a gallery of fascinating New Yorkers comes to life, the likes of Horace Greeley, Walt Whitman, Julia Ward Howe, Boss Tweed, Thomas Nast, Matthew Brady and Herman Melville. CITY OF SEDITION follows the fortunes of these figures and chronicles how many New Yorkers seized the opportunities the conflict presented to amass capital, create new industries and expand their markets, laying the foundation for the city's - and the nation's - growth.
- ISBN10 1455584185
- ISBN13 9781455584185
- Publish Date 25 August 2016 (first published 2 August 2016)
- Publish Status Withdrawn
- Out of Print 29 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Twelve
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English