Showdown in Virginia

Klappentext In the spring of 1861, Virginians confronted destiny. Pivotal decisions awaited about secession, the consequences of which would unfold for a hundred years and more. But few Virginians wanted to decide at all. Instead, they talked, almost interminably. This title offers a collection of speeches by men for whom everything was at risk. Zusammenfassung In the spring of 1861! Virginians confronted destiny. Pivotal decisions awaited about secession! the consequences of which would unfold for a hundred years and more. But few Virginians wanted to decide at all. Instead! they talked! almost interminably. This title offers a collection of speeches by men for whom everything was at risk.

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William W. Freehling is a Senior Fellow with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and author of Prelude to the Civil War, The Road to Disunion, and The South vs. The South. Craig M. Simpson is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario and author of A Good Southerner: The Life of Henry A. Wise of Virginia. Freehling and Simpson coedited Secession Debated: Georgia's Showdown in 1860.

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