Why the Civil War?
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1958. First Edition. First Printing. 208 pages. Notes, bibliography, index, pp. 7-10 creased, bookplate ins fr bd, some wear spine edges/board corners. Signed by the author. This book does not focus on the campaigns and battles of the Civil War. Rather, the author considers whether the war was irrepressible, whether Lincoln sincerely tried to avert war, whether the bloodless bombardment of Fort Sumter necessarily precipitated civil war, and other topics. Condition: fair to good.
Keywords: Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Confederacy, Fort Sumter, Robert Anderson, Fort Pickens, William Seward, Signed, Secession
[Book #41641]
Price: $75.00