The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861
David M. Potter† (Completed and edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher)
The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861
David M. Potter† (Completed and edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher)
The Impending Crisis won the Pulitzer Prize. Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Year
- 1977
- ISBN-13
- 9780061319297
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Antebellum AmericaSlavery and sectional conflictCauses of the Civil War
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWonMajor(1977)
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