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Winik Jay - April 1865 The Month That Saved America - Paperback
Winik Jay - April 1865 The Month That Saved America - Paperback
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Description: One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond a daring last - ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare Lee's harrowing retreat and then Appomattox. It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near - successful plot to decapitate the Union government followed by chaos and coup fears in the North collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the South and finally the start of national reconciliation. In the end April 1865 emerged as not just the tale of the war's denouement but the story of the making of our nation. Jay Winik offers a brilliant new look at the Civil War's final days that will forever change the way we see the war's end and the nation's new beginning. Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history and filled with rich profiles of outsize figures fresh iconoclastic scholarship and a gripping narrative this is a masterful account of the thirty most pivotal days in the life of the United States.
Title: April 1865 The Month That Saved America
Author(s): Winik Jay
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780060899684
Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/15/2006
Description: One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond a daring last - ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare Lee's harrowing retreat and then Appomattox. It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near - successful plot to decapitate the Union government followed by chaos and coup fears in the North collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the South and finally the start of national reconciliation. In the end April 1865 emerged as not just the tale of the war's denouement but the story of the making of our nation. Jay Winik offers a brilliant new look at the Civil War's final days that will forever change the way we see the war's end and the nation's new beginning. Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history and filled with rich profiles of outsize figures fresh iconoclastic scholarship and a gripping narrative this is a masterful account of the thirty most pivotal days in the life of the United States.
Title: April 1865 The Month That Saved America
Author(s): Winik Jay
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780060899684
Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/15/2006