The approaching fury / Oates, Stephen B

An award-winning historian tells the story of the coming of the American Civil War through the voices of 13 principal players of the drama.

Tells the story of the approach of the Civil War from the viewpoints of thirteen historical figures, drawing from the letters, speeches, interviews, and memoirs of each featured speaker to form the dramatic monologues as they might have been delivered by Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Nat Turner, Mary Chesnut, and others.