{"product_id":"9781402241574","title":"Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Puliter-Prize winning classic and national bestseller  returns!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant biography—a Pulitzer Prize—winning national  bestseller—David Herbert Donald, Harvard professor emeritus, traces Sumner's  life as the nation careens toward civil war. In a period when senators often exercised  more influence than presidents, Senator Charles Sumner was one of the most  powerful forces in the American government and remains one of the most  controversial figures in American history. His uncompromising moral standards made  him a lightning rod in an era fraught with conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSumner's fight to end slavery made him a hero in the  North and stirred outrage in the South. In what has been called the first blow  of the Civil War, he was physically attacked by a colleague on the Senate  floor. Unwavering and arrogant, Sumner refused to abandon the moral high  ground, even if doing so meant the onslaught of the nation's most destructive war.  He used his office and influence to transform the United States during the most  contentious and violent period in the nation's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Sumner and the  Coming of the Civil War presents  a remarkably different view of our bloodiest war through an insightful  reevaluation of the man who stood at its center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A truly perceptive study.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few books can be recommended wholeheartedly to the specialist  and the general reader alike. This one can.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Full of] Donald's unparalleled knowledge and  provocative interpretations.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eJames M. McPherson, New York Times  Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133475963120,"sku":"9781402241574","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781402241574_p0.jpg?v=1772805245","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781402241574","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}