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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War -- a new perspective that puts the House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict. This [...] new perspective on the Civil War overturns the popular conception that Abraham Lincoln single-handedly led the Union to victory and gives us a vivid account of the essential role Congress played in winning the war. Building a riveting narrative around four influential members of Congress...
3) America's great debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The spellbinding story behind the longest debate in U.S. Senate history: the Compromise of 1850, which brought together Senate luminaries on the eve of the Civil War in a desperate effort to save the Union.
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