The Crisis (eBook)

Civil War Novel

Winston Churchill (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
452 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-406638830-0 (EAN)

Infos

The novel is mostly set in the town of St. Louis, in the divided state of Missouri. It follows the fortunes of young Stephen Brice, a man with Union and abolitionist sympathies, and his involvement with a Southern family. The crisis of the title is provoked by Abraham Lincoln's opposition to the extension of slavery, and the power of his personal integrity to win people to his cause, including the young lawyer Brice, who becomes a devoted admirer and proponent following a personal interview on the eve of the Freeport debate between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. As a home town of Ulysses Grant and William T. Sherman, St. Louis becomes the site of pivotal events in the western theater of the Civil War, with historically prominent citizens having both Northern and Southern sympathies, as both Grant and Sherman are depicted as having a personal involvement in the lives of the main characters.

Autor

Winston Churchill (1871-1947) was an American best-selling novelist of the early 20th century. Churchill's early novels were historical, but his later works were set in contemporary America. He often sought to include his political ideas into his novels.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Schlagworte: Abolitionist ideals • all the light we cannot see • American Midwest conflict • A People's History of the United States • character-driven plot • chickamauga • civil war historical fiction • complex family dynamics • Crazy Horse and Custer • Hemingway • Historical figures involvement • How the South Won the Civil War • News of the World • Political integrity theme • St. Louis setting • The Frozen Hours • the red badge of courage • Union sympathizer protagonist • Winston Churchill inspiration • With Malice Toward None