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The Field of Blood

Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

Joanne B. Freeman

The Field of Blood

The Field of Blood

Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

The Field of Blood

 

Documents the violence that sometimes marked legislative sessions in the decades before the American Civil War, detailing acts of physical fighting, duels, and mortal threats over disagreements about key issues, particularly slavery

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Beschrijving The Field of Blood

The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War.

ISBN
9780374154776
Pagina's
480
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NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

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