1861 by Adam Goodheart

1861 by Adam Goodheart

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.

Adam Goodheart is a journalist, historian, and essayist. His work has appeared in a variety of publications, including National Geographic, Outside, Smithsonian, The Atlantic, and The New York Times Magazine, and he is a frequent columnist for The New York Times' popular online Civil War series, Disunion. He splits his time between Washington, D.C., and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he serves as the Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of Washington College's C.S. Lewis Institute.

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ISBN 13	9781400032198
ISBN 10	1400032199
Title	1861
Author	Adam Goodheart
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2012-02-21
Number of pages	496
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