Project Gutenberg 2005-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 114 Johnson, Allen 1870 1931 Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net). "Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics" by Allen Johnson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the life and political career of Stephen A. Douglas, focusing on his role as a prominent figure in American politics during the antebellum period. It explores his legacy as the rival of Abraham Lincoln and seeks to provide a comprehensive understanding of his contributions and influence on the political landscape leading up to the Civil War. The opening of the work introduces Stephen A. Douglas, tracing his origins from a humble New England boyhood through his tumultuous and ambitious rise in the Midwest's political arena. The narrative shares insights into Douglas's early life, including his education, his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, and his eventual move westward as he sought opportunities in the burgeoning frontier towns of Illinois. It sets the stage for his political awakening and ambitions, laying out the formative experiences and influences that shaped his worldview as he transitioned from a struggling youth to an emerging lawyer and politician in the uncharted territories of the West. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 1210417 1201186 2024-10-07T05:56:55.893394 2023-09-07T07:33:01.688984 text/html text/html 1206744 2020-12-14T08:57:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 383935 2020-12-14T08:57:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 478913 2024-10-07T05:57:17.686809 application/epub+zip 496129 2024-10-07T05:57:01.686366 application/epub+zip 474484 2024-10-07T05:56:59.286393 application/epub+zip 966639 2024-10-07T05:57:28.276725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 816120 2024-10-07T05:57:15.906805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 741000 2022-09-07T22:11:52.046976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 902303 902198 2024-10-07T05:56:51.797425 2023-09-07T07:32:58.101977 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 902038 2020-12-14T08:57:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 331590 2020-12-14T08:57:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 902107 2020-12-14T08:57:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 331520 2020-12-14T08:57:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21162 2024-10-07T05:57:28.435718 application/rdf+xml 16621 2024-10-07T05:57:00.052401 image/jpeg 3708 2024-10-07T05:56:59.673370 image/jpeg 462016 2024-10-07T05:56:55.976395 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia