1861 : the Civil War awakening

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The work 1861 : the Civil War awakening represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

1861 : the Civil War awakening

Title remainder

the Civil War awakening

Statement of responsibility

Adam Goodheart

Title variation

Eighteen hundred sixty-one

Creator

• Goodheart, Adam

Contributor

• cloudLibrary

Author

• Goodheart, Adam

Subject

• United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
• Electronic books
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, 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. The book introduces us to a heretofore little-known cast of Civil War heroes?among them an acrobatic militia colonel, an explorer?s wife, an idealistic band of German immigrants, a regiment of New York City firemen, a community of Virginia slaves, and a young college professor who would one day become president. Adam Goodheart takes us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the deserts of Nevada, from Boston Common to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at this moment of ultimate crisis and decision"--From the Hardcover edition

Cataloging source

MnSpTMCL

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography