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1861 : The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart (2011, Hardcover)
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"1861: The Civil War Awakening" was written by Adam Goodheart and published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York in 2011. This is a hardcover, first edition, first printing of this excellent 481-page history of the people and events leading up to the Civil War, featuring scattered black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400040159
ISBN-139781400040155
eBay Product ID (ePID)99358766
Product Key Features
Book Title1861 : the Civil War Awakening
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicSlavery, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Historical, United States / General
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAdam Goodheart
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight30.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-051326
Dewey Edition22
Reviewsadvance praise for Adam Goodheart's 1861 " 1861 is the best book I have ever read on the start of the Civil War. Sumter, secession, and Lincoln appear in a wonderfully fresh and illuminating light, supported by a cast of extraordinary players that few Americans know about. Penetrating, eloquent, and deeply moving, this is a classic introduction to the nation's greatest conflict." -Tony Horwitz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Confederates in the Attic "Combining a master historian's sure command of original sources and a novelist's deft touch with character and narrative, Adam Goodheart has produced the young century's liveliest book about how a generation of remarkable and ordinary Americans alike variously provoked, resisted, and endured the dissolution of their country and the tragic march toward civil war. Major and minor characters, political movements, and whole towns and villages come alive under Goodheart's expert scrutiny. The result is that rarest of history books: a work of remarkable original scholarship crafted into an irresistible read." -Harold Holzer, chairman of The Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation and author of Lincoln President-Elect "Adam Goodheart brings to this book a rare combination of talent: passion and precision as a historian, grace and generosity as a writer. 1861 puts us in the young nation that was about to shed its skin and begin life as something new." -Richard Ben Cramer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize "No one could capture Whitman's 'hurrying, crashing, sad, distracted year' more vividly than Adam Goodheart has done in this magnificent book. 1861 isn't merely a work of history; it's a time-travel device that makes a century and a half fall away and sets us down, eyes and ears wide open, right in the midst of the chaos and the glory." -Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Decimal973.7/11
SynopsisAs 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., 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."
LC Classification NumberE459.G66 2011
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- May 27, 2023
Super readable!
Very interesting and compelling perspective regarding many lessor know individuals and their impact leading up to and into the Civil War. I highly recommend. I’mVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 25, 2017
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