The Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 - Hardcover

Stephen B. Oates

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006016784X ISBN 13: 9780060167844

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1997

Synopsis

An award-winning historian tells the story of the approach of the Civil War through the voices of thirteen principal figures, from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglass, exploring the different perceptions they had of the reasons for war.

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Review:

Acclaimed and prolific historian Stephen B. Oates looks at the events leading to the American Civil War through the eyes and words of 13 historic figures. Beginning with the Missouri Crisis of 1820 and ending with the outbreak of hostilities, Oates presents the viewpoints of such famous personages as Henry Clay and John Brown. The author blends fact and fiction to bring the people and events to life, and this unique treatment makes the period's complicated history accessible to the general reader.

About the Author:

Stephen B. Oates is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. His books include Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln. Oates has been awarded numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and Nevins-Freeman Award of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago for lifetime achievement in the field of Civil War studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 006016784X
• ISBN 13: 9780060167844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512