The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War John S. Littell A major preoccupation of modernity

A major preoccupation of modernity and central to an understadning of the postmodern

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Compact and delightful

Among the problems are some baffling brainteasers

It is the summer of 1968

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War John S. Littell A major preoccupation of modernityThe Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson is a gripping work of narrative history that brings to life the tense five months between Abraham Lincolns election and the opening shots of the American Civil War. With his signature storytelling style, Larson explores a divided nation on the edge of catastrophe, where slavery, secession, pride, fear, and political miscalculation all came together around Fort Sumter. Drawing on diaries, secret communications,