Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781982176501ISBN-10:1982176504UPC:9781982176501Book Category:History, Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, American Government, PoliticalBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Legislative BranchSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCBEMDT9Z1
With "characteristic wisdom and grace" (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s. The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781982176501ISBN-10:1982176504UPC:9781982176501Book Category:History, Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, American Government, PoliticalBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Legislative BranchSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCBEMDT9Z1
Robert W. Merry is the author of five previous books, including President McKinley: Architect of the American Century and A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent. He spent a decade covering Washington for The Wall Street Journal and served as an executive at Congressional Quarterly Inc. for twenty-two years, including twelve years as...
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