1994
First Published
4.23
Average Rating
550
Number of Pages
Chronicling four decisive months in 1861, the unique story of the birth of a nation within a nation examines the leaders of the Confederacy—from those who wanted war to those who wanted reconciliation—and their struggle to form a southern nation.
Avg Rating
4.23
Number of Ratings
53
5 STARS
43%
4 STARS
40%
3 STARS
13%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
William C. Davis
Author · 39 books
Currently professor of history at Virginia Tech, William C. Davis has written over fifty books, most about the American Civil War. He has won the Jefferson Davis Prize for southern history three times, the Jules F. Landry Award for Southern history once, and has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. For several years, he was the editor of the magazine Civil War Times Illustrated. He has also served as a consultant on the A&E television series Civil War Journal. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
