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Barcode34444002759108
StatusChecked Out
Circ StatusDue on 7/7/2025
LibraryBeaver Falls
Title1861 : the lost peace / Jay Winik.
AuthorWinik, Jay, 1957- author.
Call No320.973 Winik
CollectionNon-Fiction
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320.973 Winik Due on 7/7/2025Beaver FallsNon-Fiction   344440027591082025
320.97 Winik AvailableAmbridgeNon-Fiction   311110024967582025

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781538735114
International Standard Book Number 9781538735121
International Standard Book Number 1538735121
Personal Name Winik, Jay, 1957- author.
Title Statement 1861 : the lost peace / Jay Winik.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2025.
Physical Description xii, 285 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note Foreword -- Prelude: New Year's Day in the United States -- Part I: 1856. The promise of America ; The stain -- Part II: The beginning. The senator ; The mad prophet ; The assemblyman ; The decision ; The boundless future of America ; The dilemma -- Part III: The unraveling. The spark ; The soldier ; The counterattack ; Martyrdom ; The aftermath ; Debate ; Lincoln ; The election ; Secession and Buchanan -- Part IV: The tug toward peace. Crittenden 1: The hope ; Crittenden 2: The great compromise ; The forts ; War at Sumter? ; Washington and dissolution ; The new confederation ; To Washington -- Part V: Peace or dissolution?. The peace conference ; Weighty decisions ; Inauguration -- Part VI: The lost of peace of 1861. Sumter ; The fate of war ; It begins -- Part VII: Turning point. The end of an era -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- A note on sources -- Index.
Summary, Etc. "1861: The Lost Peace is the story of President Lincoln's far-reaching, difficult, and most courageous decision, a time when the country wrestled with deep moral questions of epic proportions. Through Jay Winik's singular reporting and storytelling, readers will learn about the extraordinary Washington Peace Conference at the Willard Hotel to avert cataclysmic war. They will observe the irascible and farsighted Senator JJ Crittenden, the tireless moderate seeking a middle way to peace. Lincoln himself called Crittenden "a great man" even as Lincoln jousted with him. They'll be inside and among Lincoln's cabinet--the finest in history--which rivaled the executive in its authority, a fact too often forgotten, and they will see a parade of statesmen frenetically grasping for peace rather than the spectacle of the young nation slowly choking in its own blood. A perfect read for history buffs, with timely overtones to our current political climate"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Subject-Personal Name Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Politics and government 1857-1861.
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works.
Index Term-Genre/Form Instructional and educational works.