| Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War Contributor(s): Detzer, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0151006415 ISBN-13: 9780151006410 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: An intense and surprising story of the passions that led to the firing of the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861. Detzer's book illuminates the sober reflections of his central character, Major Robert Anderson, and how he single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war. Photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.731 |
| LCCN: 00050570 |
| Lexile Measure: 1130 |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 6.35" W x 9.28" (1.64 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Foreward by Gene Smith, author of Lee and Grant An original and deeply human portrait of soldiers and civilians caught in the vortex of war. So vividly does Allegiance re-create the events leading to the firing of the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861, that we can feel the fabric of the Union tearing apart. It is a tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians, and dedicated and honorable soldiers on both sides. The six-month-long agony that began with Lincoln's election in November sputtered from one crisis to the next until Lincoln's inauguration, and finally exploded as the soldiers at Sumter neared starvation. At the center of this dramatic narrative is the heroic figure of Major Robert Anderson, a soldier whose experience had taught him above all that war is the poorest form of policy. With little help from Washington, D.C., Anderson almost single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war until he finally had no choice but to fight. David Detzer's decade-long research illuminates the passions that led to the fighting, the sober reflections of the man who restrained its outbreak, and individuals on both sides who changed American history. No other historian has given us a clearer or more intimate picture of the human drama of Fort Sumter. |
Contributor Bio(s): Detzer, David: - David Detzer is professor emeritus of history with Connecticut State University. He is the author of several books, including Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War; and The Brink: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and several dogs. |