A review of the lives and careers of the seven Washburn brothers provides an abbreviated overview of 19th century American history, its politics, war, business, religion, foreign policy, presidential elections, as well as down home customs in the places where the brothers lived. Titles of chapters are suggestive of cultural history: Religion and the Washburns, Into the Fire of the Times, The Vagabond Prince, Edging Toward War, The Destruction of Reconstruction...
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