{"product_id":"silent-star-book-tracie-petersen-9780764228247","title":"Silent Star","description":"A highly readable, comprehensive, and thoughtfully written examination of a pivotal moment in our greatest national tragedy.--\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCivil War Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor two weeks in 1861, Washington, D.C., was locked in a state of panic. Would the newly formed Confederate States of America launch its first attack on the Union by capturing the nation's capital? Wedged between Virginia and Maryland--two states bordering on secession--the city was isolated; its communications lines were cut, its rail lines blocked. A recently inaugurated Lincoln struggled to form a plan--defense or attack? \u003cbr\u003eDavid Detzer pulls the drama from this pivotal moment in American history straight from the pages of diaries, letters, and newspapers\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e beautifully captur\u003cb\u003eing\u003c\/b\u003e the tense, miasmic atmosphere of these first chaotic days of war. \u003cbr\u003eLike a big-budget Hollywood movie director, Detzer works with a large cast of leading and featured characters. Like a 19th-century novelist, he relies on memorable physical description to help readers keep the actors and action straight.--\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe conclusion of Detzer's popular trilogy on the first hundred days of the Civil War finds the Union gripped by fear that the Confederacy will capture Washington and end the war almost before it has started.--\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDavid Detzer \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus of history at Western Connecticut State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDonnybrook; Allegiance; The Brink: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThunder of the Captains, \u003c\/i\u003e about the Korean War. He lives in Connecticut.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49592283726097,"sku":"GOR008927085","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49917930701073,"sku":"CIN0764228242VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49998880473361,"sku":"CIN0764228242G","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50100509147409,"sku":"CIN0764228242A","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0764228242.jpg?v=1750979039","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/silent-star-book-tracie-petersen-9780764228247","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}