Description: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller.”—The Wall Street JournalOn November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.”At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable—one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans.Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink—a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late. 100% AuthenticBrand new; unreadSigned and Dated in Person by Erik Larson at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington DC on Aug. 24, 2024Dated 8/24/24First EditionThird PrintingHardcoverDust JacketPrinted in the United StatesComes from a smoke-free and pet-free home Thank you for looking! Price is firm. I do not accept offers nor give discounts. ***Please check out my other listings***
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Signed By: Erik Larson
Book Title: Demon of Unrest : a Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism
Book Series: N/A
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9.5 in
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 1.4 in
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Signed and Dated in Person at the 2024 National Book Festival, MAPPSMARKET, Dated 8/24/24
Unit Quantity: 1
Topic: Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State
Item Width: 6.4 in
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition
Item Specifics by: MAPPSMARKET
Publication Year: 2024
Type: Novel
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 1800s
Author: Erik Larson
Seller: MAPPSMARKET
Genre: History, Military, War & Combat, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 31.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 592 Pages
