April 1865 - The Month That Saved America

It was a month that could have unraveled the nation; instead, it saved it. April 1865 is a gripping, panoramic narrative that takes readers through thirty tumultuous days in which the nation''s future rested on a few crucial decisions and twists of fate. Here is the fall of Richmond, the rebel surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln''s assassination five days later, and the tenuous beginnings of national reconciliation. Jay Winik''s brilliant narrative transforms what is often thought of as the epilogue to war into a pivotal moment in American history. This New York Times best-seller will forever change the way we see the Civil War''s end and the United States''s new beginning. Jay Winik, writer and historian, has had a distinguished government career and is now a senior scholar at the University of Maryland''s School of Public Affairs. A regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, his first book, On the Brink, a chronicle of the Cold War''s end, won wide critical acclaim. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. ''Magnificent ... A splendid combination of history, civics lesson, and biography, but Mr. Winik is also a marvelous storyteller.'' - Wall Street Journal

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jay Winik
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.08.2006
• EAN: 9780060899684
• ISBN: 978-0-06-089968-4
• Seiten: 512
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Second World War, Local History, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, History of the Americas, The Americas, North America (USA and Canada), US West, HISTORY: General, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: CIVIL WAR, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / General, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, History / American, History / Civil War