By two historians, this work focuses on America in the 1850s and shows how north and south became increasingly isolated from each other and started down the two roads to the Battle of Fort Sumter and all-out war.Concurrently the book examines the formation and divergence of the attitudes of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis (both born in Kentucky) during the most emotion-laden and complex period of American history. It describes the era when great railroads were built; the tremendous land-hungry westward expansion of people; the development of the great industrial empires of the north and the great farm empires of the South, and the major factors which, woven together, precipitated the Civil War.

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Very-nice, clean copy of this Bruce Catton Civil War paperback - 186 pages - NO tears - Tight spine - ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name stamp & book number in book front. - April, 1972 copyright.

Very-nice, clean copy of this Bruce Catton Civil War paperback - 186 pages - NO tears - Tight spine - ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name stamp in book front. - April, 1972 copyright.

Very-nice, clean copy of this Bruce Catton Civil War paperback - 186 pages - NO tears inside book - Tight spine - Light page-tanning from age - NO writing/marks inside book - Numerical notation on back cover - April, 1972 copyright.

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