Ordeal of the Union
This is the first volume of what may well be Allan Nevins' most important contribution to American history--a 10-volume survey of American life from the Mexican War through Reconstruction. The Ordeal of the Union serves as the title for the first 2 volumes and for the overall title of set.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Maxwell Macmillan International
- Year
- 1947
- ISBN-13
- 9780020354451
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- American Civil War eraReconstructionSectional conflict
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1948)
Other awarded books from Allan Nevins
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