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Witness to History Ser.: The Caning of Charles Sumner : Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull Hoffer (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Caning of Charles Sumner : Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War, Paperback by Hoffer, Williamjames, ISBN 0801894697, ISBN-13 9780801894695, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Hoffer (history, Seton Hall U.) takes a specific incident as a pivot around which to explore the many and various that led to the US Civil War. In May 1856, he explains, Democratic Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina struck Republican Senator Sumner of Massachusetts over the head repeatedly with a cane. The sensationalist account of the attack in the nations newspapers may have helped the nascent Republican party soar to victory for years later, placing Abraham Lincoln in the White House. The war started within a month. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()