Adam goodheart brings to this book a rare combination of talent. Adam goodhearts series of vignettes covering various stories of mostly supporting actors in the drama of 1861 from the aftermath of lincolns election up to the. Civil war expert adam goodheart is the author of 1861 and the upcoming 1865 two books that capture the essence of the battles and the time. May 23, 2012 also, goodheart is prone to unapologetic flights of poetic patriotism that are a bit uncomfortable for someone from a much more selfeffacing culture like mine 1861 is the story of americans who rose up to the situation not just with anger and panic but with hope and determination, people who, amid the ruins of the country they had grown up. The civil war awakening knopf hardcover, vintage paperback received widespread acclaim. The civil war awakening audiobook by adam goodheart. To read this detailed account of the first year of the civil war provided me with a fresh perspective. For me, this is the case with adam goodhearts 1861. Adam goodheart is a historian, essayist, and journalist. The zeitgeist is by definition ephemeral and difficult to recapturethink, for example, of a period as recent as america before 911but thats the neat trick splendidly accomplished here by journalist and historian goodheart, now director of washington colleges c. The civil war awakening, a social history of the earliest days of the civil war, a time when the country soon to be two separate nations was preparing. The boston globe adam goodheart is a monet with a pen instead of a paintbrush. The civil war awakening, adam goodheart tries to capture what it felt like to live through secession and the opening months of the civil war, at a time when it.
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Sumter, secession, and lincoln appear in a wonderfully fresh and illuminating light, supported by a cast of extraordinary players that few americans know about. The civil war awakening is an eloquent, innovative, and deeply researched collection of chapterlength vignettes that surveys a variety of events at the outset of our national bloodletting. An epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields, 1861 is adam goodhearts account of how the civil war began and a second american revolution unfolded, setting abraham lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom. In 1861, adam goodheart eloquently uses the experiences of national leaders, emerging figures and common citizens to evoke the tension, fear and patriotism.
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