The Impending Crisis
Author | : David M. Potter |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 667 |
Release | : 1977-03-15 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780061319297 |
ISBN-10 | : 0061319295 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Impending Crisis written by David M. Potter and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1977-03-15 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is the definitive history of antebellum America. 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. Now available in a new edition, The Impending Crisis remains one of the most celebrated works of American historical writing.