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The Road to Disunion, Volume 2: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861

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The Road to Disunion, Volume 2: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 - Freehling, William W
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Here is history in the grand manner, a powerful narrative peopled with dozens of memorable portraits, telling this important story with skill and relish. Freehling highlights all the key moments on the road to war. He shows in particular how the election of Abraham Lincoln sparked a political crisis and that, at this moment, the extreme fringe in the South took charge, first in South Carolina and Mississippi, but then throughout the lower South, sounding the drum roll for secession. Indeed, this is the first book to fully ...

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The Road to Disunion, Volume 2: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 2008, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195370188

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