April 1865 The Month That Saved America

Name: April 1865 The Month That Saved America
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ISBN: 9780060899684

ISBN-10: 0060899689

ISBN-13: 9780060899684

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Authors: Jay Winik

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One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee's harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near-successful plot to decapitate the Union government, followed by chaos and coup fears in the North, collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the South, and finally, the start of national reconciliation. In the end, April 1865 emerged as not just the tale of the war's denouement, but the story of the making of our nation. Jay Winik offers a brilliant new look at the Civil War's final days that will forever change the way we see the war's end and the…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

JAY WINIK is the author of the New York Times bestseller APRIL 1865, which received wide international acclaim. He is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. A senior scholar of history and public policy at the University of Maryland, he is a member of the governing council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Winik lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.



List of Maps


Introduction


Prelude: "A Nation Delayed"



March 1865



The Dilemma



April 1, 1865



The Fall



The Chase-and the Decision



The Meeting



April 15, 1865



The Unraveling



Will It All Come Undone?



Surrender



Late Spring, 1865



Reconciliation


Epilogue: To Make a Nation


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index