
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War
Emeritus Harvard Professor David Herbert Donald traces Sumner's life in this classic about a nation careening toward Civil War. Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War won the Pulitzer Prize and was a national bestseller.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Sourcebooks + ORM
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN-13
- 9781402241574
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Charles SumnerAntebellum politicsCivil War origins
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyWonMajor(1961)
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