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Ezra Klein called it a lively account of the "wide awakes," a quasimilitary group of young Lincoln supporters, and noted that it offers an entertaining look at mid19thcentury Republican politics.
A second book is Wide Awake, The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War. This is about the wide awakes, a kind of quasimilitary force of young men who were ardent Lincoln parti...
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Ezra Klein called it a lively account of the "wide awakes," a quasimilitary group of young Lincoln supporters, and noted that it offers an entertaining look at mid19thcentury Republican politics.
A second book is Wide Awake, The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War. This is about the wide awakes, a kind of quasimilitary force of young men who were ardent Lincoln partisans in the 1860 election. And it's a book very much about the Republican Party of that era, by John Grinspan, and it's a lot of fun to read.