The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War - Witness to History - Hoffer, Williamjames Hull (Seton Hall University) - Books - Johns Hopkins University Press - 9780801894695 - June 28, 2010
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The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War - Witness to History

Hoffer, Williamjames Hull (Seton Hall University)

The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War - Witness to History

He addresses the importance of the event in the national crisis and shows why such actions are not quite as alien to today's politics as they might at first seem.


160 pages, 6 halftones

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 28, 2010
ISBN13 9780801894695
Publishers Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages 160
Dimensions 153 × 227 × 12 mm   ·   224 g
Language English  

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