| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
481 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ( pages [385]-456) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : a banner at daybreak : Charleston Harbor, December 1860 -- Wide awake : Boston, October 1860 -- The old gentlemen : Washington, January 1861 -- Forces of nature : central Ohio, February 1861 -- A shot in the dark : Charleston Harbor, April 1861 -- The volunteer : lower Manhattan, April 1861 -- Gateways to the west : Lower Carson River, Nevada Territory, May 1861 -- The crossing : Washington, May 1861 -- Freedom's fortress : Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 1861 -- Independence Day : Washington, July 1861. |
| Summary |
Early in 1861, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents' faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. It set Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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| Added Title |
Eighteen sixty-one |
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Civil War awakening |
| ISBN |
9781400040155: $28.95 |
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1400040159 |
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