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Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877
by Wineapple, Brenda
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0061234583
- ISBN 13
- 9780061234583
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About This Item
New York: Harper Perennial, 2014. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. First printing. Front cover creased, edge wear. 2014 Trade Paperback. x, 722 pp. Dazzling in scope, Ecstatic Nation illuminates one of the most dramatic and momentous chapters in America's past, when the country dreamed big, craved new lands and new freedom, and was bitterly divided over its great moral wrong: slavery.
 
With a canvas of extraordinary characters, such as P. T. Barnum, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, and L. C. Q. Lamar, Ecstatic Nation brilliantly balances cultural and political history: It's a riveting account of the sectional conflict that preceded the Civil War, and it astutely chronicles the complex aftermath of that war and Reconstruction, including the promise that women would share in a new definition of American citizenship. It takes us from photographic surveys of the Sierra Nevadas to the discovery of gold in the South Dakota hills, and it signals the painful, thrilling birth of modern America. An epic tale by award-winning author Brenda Wineapple, Ecstatic Nation lyrically and with true originality captures the optimism, the failures, and the tragic exuberance of a renewed Republic.
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- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2342529
- Title
- Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877
- Author
- Wineapple, Brenda
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0061234583
- ISBN 13
- 9780061234583
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- 5x1x8
- Keywords
- AMERICAN HISTORY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS WOMENS RIGHTS RACE AND RACISM SLAVERY RECONSTRUCTION NINETEENTH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY
- X weight
- 21 oz
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Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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