| The Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 |  | Author: Stephen B. Oates
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 969,278
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0060928859
EAN: 9780060928858
ASIN: 0060928859
Publication Date: June 1, 1998
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Stephen B. Oates tells the story of the coming of the American Civil War through the voices, and from the viewpoints, of 13 principal players in the drama, including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Nat Turner, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass. This unique approach shows the crucial role that perception of events played in the sectional hostilities that bore the United States irreversibly into civil war. In writing the monologues, Oates draws on the actual words of Ills speakers and simulates how they would describe the crucial events in which they were the principal actors or witnesses. All the events and themes in the monologues adhere to historical record. The result is an exciting history that brings the personalities and events of the coming of the American Civil War vividly to life.
Amazon.com Review
Acclaimed and prolific historian Stephen B. Oates looks at the events leading to the American Civil War through the eyes and words of 13 historic figures. Beginning with the Missouri Crisis of 1820 and ending with the outbreak of hostilities, Oates presents the viewpoints of such famous personages as Henry Clay and John Brown. The author blends fact and fiction to bring the people and events to life, and this unique treatment makes the period's complicated history accessible to the general reader.
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