The lost President: A.D. Smith and the hidden history of radical democracy in Civil War America

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION In Search of a Man Named Smith -- CHAPTER 1 New York, Vermont, Ohio: The President of Canada -- CHAPTER 2 Wisconsin: When I Think of Him I Incline to Spit -- CHAPTER 3 South Carolina: Your Name and Memory Will Be Cherished -- CONCLUSION Act, One and All -- EPILOGUE Lost and Found -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

"A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters."--Provided by publishers