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Product Identifiers
PublisherNelson Incorporated, Thomas
ISBN-100718022238
ISBN-139780718022235
eBay Product ID (ePID)208576105
Product Key Features
Book TitlePeace That Almost Was : The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 19th Century, General
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorMark Tooley
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-038442
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 Vol.
Dewey Decimal320.97309/034
SynopsisA narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed. In February 1861, most of America's great statesmen--including a former president, dozens of current and former senators, Supreme Court justices, governors, and congressmen--came together at the historic Willard Hotel in a desperate attempt to stave off Civil War. Seven southern states had already seceded, and the conferees battled against time to craft a compromise to protect slavery and thus preserve the union and prevent war. Participants included former President John Tyler, General William Sherman's Catholic step-father, General Winfield Scott, and Lincoln's future Treasury Secretary, Salmon Chase--and from a room upstairs at the hotel, Lincoln himself. Revelatory and definitive, The Peace That Almost Was demonstrates that slavery was the main issue of the conference--and thus of the war itself--and that no matter the shared faith, family, and friendships of the participants, ultimately no compromise could be reached., A narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed.
LC Classification NumberE440.5.T66 2015
