The Caning of Charles Sumner Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War |
|
| Author:
| Hoffer, Williamjames Hull |
| Series title: | Witness to History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-9468-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
|
A signal, violent event in the history of the United States Congress, the caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor embodied the complex North-South cultural divide of the mid-nineteenth century. Williamjames Hull Hoffer's vivid account of the brutal act demonstrates just how far the factions had drifted apart and explains why the coming war ......
A signal, violent event in the history of the United States Congress, the caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor embodied the complex North-South cultural divide of the mid-nineteenth century. Williamjames Hull Hoffer's vivid account of the brutal act demonstrates just how far the factions had drifted apart and explains why the coming war ......