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Author:

Hoffer, Williamjames.

Title:

The caning of Charles Sumner : honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War / Williamjames Hull Hoffer.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

152 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sumner, Charles,--1811-1874.
Brooks, Preston S.--(Preston Smith),--1819-1857.
Assault and battery--United States--History--19th century.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Idealism, American--History--History--19th century.
Honor--History--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
Slavery--History--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1849-1861.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

One minute -- A machine that would go of itself? -- Immediate aftermath -- A long, winding road -- Honor, idealism, and inevitability.

Series:

Witness to history

ISBN:

0801894697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801894695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801894689 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801894688 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)434745087

LCCN:

2009035569

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)