03904cam a2200529 i 4500 1428509068 MeVbMML 20240514161805.0 240323s2024 nyub b 001 0deng 2024008290 9780385348744 0385348746 9780593735176 059373517X (OCoLC)1428509068 AJM pcc n-us--- n-us-sc 973.7/11 23/eng/20240331 973.711.L32d Larson, Erik, 1954- author 5398 The demon of unrest : a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War / Erik Larson Saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War First edition New York : Crown, [2024] xiv, 565 pages : map ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Dark 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 "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..."-- Provided by publisher Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 12543 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865. sears 12543 Presidents United States Election 1860 17133 Presidents United States Election. sears 17134 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes 17135 Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Siege, 1861 17136 United States Politics and government 1857-1861 17137 États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1857-1861. (CaQQLa)201-0052235 17138 United States History 1861-1865, Civil War Causes. sears 17139 Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) sears 17140 United States Politics and government. sears 9067 Online version: Larson, Erik, 1954- Demon of unrest. First edition New York : Crown, [2024] 9780385348751 (DLC) 2024008291 .b188696374 ddc BOOK 29649 29649 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2024-05-14 35.00 5 1 973.7 LARS 66140 2024-10-22 2024-10-22 2024-05-14 BOOK 1