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4 reasons this year’s presidential election could blow up America as we know it
The Hill· 3 days agoThe extreme polarization in today’s body politic rivals that of the 1860 presidential election won...
DEMON OF UNREST: Why the Civil War Matters Today (with Erik Larson) - The Next Big Idea | iHeart
iHeartRadio· 4 days agoIt’s a gripping account of the five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the outbreak of the Civil
Conservative commentator falsely claims US presidents can cancel federal elections
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"Even during the Civil War elections were held." The Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 ...
The 20 Best Reads for Upcoming Travels: Discover New Books for Summer
Entertainment Tonight· 3 days agoOne of Amazon's most anticipated releases and biggest bestsellers for May is Erik Larson's latest...
History As It Happens: The elections of 1860 and 1864
The Washington Times· 6 days agoThis is the third episode in an occasional series examining significant elections in American...
Review: Erik Larson puts the reader in the action during the lead-up to America’s deadliest conflict...
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 1 day agoMost middle-school students are taught that the first shot of the Civil War was fired by Confederate...
The week's bestselling books, May 12
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (Crown: $35) An exploration of the pivotal five months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the ...
Civil War General William T. Sherman's Sword and Other Relics to Be Auctioned off in Ohio
US News & World Report· 2 days agoBidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign ...
The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona's abortion ban
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 days agoWade. As Union and Confederate armies clashed in a bloody fourth year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln ...
Opinion: Lincoln tapped Iowa’s Dodge to plan a transcontinental railway
The Gazette· 3 days agoLong before it was transformed by the automobile and the airplane, the railway system was the mode...
