| Original Title: | Means of Ascent |
| ISBN: | 067973371X (ISBN13: 9780679733713) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Years of Lyndon Johnson #2 |
| Characters: | Lyndon B. Johnson, Coke R. Stevenson |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography (1990) |
| ISBN: | 0743270754 (ISBN13: 9780743270755) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates |
| Setting: | Springfield, Illinois,1860(United States) Chicago, Illinois,1860(United States) Illinois,1860(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Benjamin Barondess Award (2006), Lincoln Prize (2006), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Biography (2005), New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize |
