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The Approaching Fury - Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 (Paperback)
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The Approaching Fury - Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 (Paperback)
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Biographer and historian Stephen B. Oates tells the story of the
coming of the American Civil War through the voices and
perspectives of thirteen principal players in the drama, from
Thomas Jefferson and Henry Clay in the Missouri crisis of 1820 down
to Stephen A. Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln in the
final crisis of 1861. This innovative approach shows the crucial
role that perception of events played in the sectional hostilities
that pushed the United States irreversibly toward a national
calamity. Nat Turner, William Lloyd Garrison, John C. Calhoun,
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Fitzhugh, John
Brown, and Mary Boykin Chesnut also provide perspectives. Each
character takes a turn onstage, narrating critical events in which
he or she was a major participant or eyewitness. For the dramatic
monologues, Oates draws on the actual words of his speakers-in
letters, speeches, interviews, recollections, and other recorded
utterances-and then simulates how, were they reminiscing aloud,
they would describe these events in which they were the principal
actors or witnesses. All the events and themes reflect the
historical record.
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