The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

by Joanne B. Freeman

Book Overview

"One of the best history books I've read in the last few years." --Chris Hayes

The Field of Blood recounts the previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF SMITHSONIAN'S BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Historian Joanne B. Freeman recovers the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374154775
• ISBN13: 9780374154776
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"