America's Longest Siege
Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Toward Civil War
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
| Author: | Joseph Kelly | ISBN: | 9781468310252 |
| Publisher: | ABRAMS | Publication: | June 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Abrams Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joseph Kelly |
| ISBN: | 9781468310252 |
| Publisher: | ABRAMS |
| Publication: | June 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Abrams Press |
| Language: | English |
In America’s Longest Siege, historian Joseph Kelly captures the toxic mix of nationalism, paternalism, and wealth that made Charleston the center of the nationwide debate over slavery and the tragic act of secession that doomed both the city and the South. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable, America’s Longest Siege offers a new take on the Civil War and the culture that made it inevitable.
In America’s Longest Siege, historian Joseph Kelly captures the toxic mix of nationalism, paternalism, and wealth that made Charleston the center of the nationwide debate over slavery and the tragic act of secession that doomed both the city and the South. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable, America’s Longest Siege offers a new take on the Civil War and the culture that made it inevitable.
