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Apr 30, 2024 · Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.
Apr 30, 2024 · THE DEMON OF UNREST: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, by Erik Larson. The Civil War is one hell of a drug. It’s plentiful and Main Street-legal, but...
Apr 30, 2024 · “Erik Larson’s latest book brings new life to an old war. The Demon of Unrest, [his] vivid depiction of the lead-up to the Civil War, is a masterclass in reportage and storytelling.”—Garden and Gun “An all-too-prescient tale of tension and tragedy, clashing egos, miscommunication, power, and betrayal.”—People
The Post and CourierReview: Erik Larson's 'Demon of Unrest' challenges inevitability of the Civil War
Erik Larson’s “The Demon of Unrest” stands against this dynamic, providing a lively and detailed account of the ideas, people and events that precipitated the start of a national tragedy.
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Erik Larson writes narrative history. The book chronicles the developments and the people involved leading to the early 1861 siege of Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Abraham Lincoln had been ...
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Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals.
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May 21, 2024 · Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter. ‘The Demon of Unrest’ zooms in on a place, time and small group of actors whose individual dramas encapsulate broader events in the...
Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals.
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. Erik Larson. Crown, $35 (608p) ISBN 978-0-385-34874-4. In this twisty and cinematic account,...
