03711cam a2200481 i 45000010011000000030008000110050017000190080041000360100015000770200018000920200015001100200018001250200015001430350022001580400008001800420008001880430021001960820030002171000033002472450113002802460073003932500018004662640031004843000035005153360026005503370028005763380027006045040050006315050260006815201593009416000033025346000040025676500046026076500048026536510057027016510048027586510054028066510077028606510065029376510042030026510051030447760134030951428509068MeVbMML20240514161805.0240323s2024    nyub     b    001 0deng    a2024008290  a9780385348744  a0385348746  a9780593735176  a059373517X  a(OCoLC)1428509068  cAJM  apcc  an-us---an-us-sc00a973.7/11223/eng/202403311 aLarson, Erik,d1954-eauthor14aThe demon of unrest :ba saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War /cErik Larson30aSaga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War  aFirst edition 1aNew York :bCrown,c[2024]  axiv, 565 pages :bmap ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aDark magic -- A boat in the dark -- Part 1. The best of all worlds -- Part 2. Treachery in the wind -- Part 3. Precipice -- Part 4. Journey -- Part 5. Coercion -- Part 6. Collision -- Part 7. Fire! -- Epilogue: A toast -- Coda: Blood among the tulip trees  a"On 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. ...[An] 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 ... 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..."--cProvided by publisher10aLincoln, Abraham,d1809-186517aLincoln, Abrahamd1809-1865.2sears 0aPresidentszUnited StatesxElectiony1860 7aPresidentszUnited StatesxElection.2sears 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyCivil War, 1861-1865xCauses 0aFort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)xSiege, 1861 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1857-1861 6aÉtats-UnisxPolitique et gouvernementy1857-1861.0(CaQQLa)201-0052235 7aUnited StatesxHistoryy1861-1865, Civil WarxCauses.2sears 7aFort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)2sears 7aUnited StatesxPolitics and government.2sears08iOnline version:aLarson, Erik, 1954-tDemon of unrest.bFirst editiondNew York : Crown, [2024]z9780385348751w(DLC)  2024008291