It set Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness, and millions of slaves on the road to freedom. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents’ faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Goodheart, a historian and journalist who will be writing a column on the Civil War for the New. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Adam Goodheart, Knopf, 28.95 (496p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4015-5. In his talk, Goodheart will focus on members of two ethnic communities, African Americans and German Americans, who seized upon the outbreak of war as an opportunity to seek a new birth of freedom.Īs America marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began. Adam Goodheart - 1861 1861, Adam Goodheart In time for the 150th anniversary of our defining national event: an original and altogether gripping account of how the Civil War began. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and author of the recent New York Times bestselling book 1861: The Civil War Awakening, argues that it swiftly became a revolutionary opportunity for many different groups of Americans.
While the Civil War has often been described as simply a Southern rebellion, historian Adam Goodheart, director of the C.V.
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