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The American Civil War: History in an Hour
- Author
- Kat Smutz
- Narrator
- Jonathan Keeble
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 2 February 2012
- Run Time
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.
The American Civil War started when eleven southern ‘slave’ states declared their independence from the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican government were strongly against slavery and fought to abolish it and keep the country united.
The American Civil War: History in an Hour gives a concise and authoritative overview of these four years of bloody and devastating warfare to help you understand how the Civil War shaped America today and changed the history of slavery forever.
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…
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‘If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past’ Dominic Sandbrook
‘The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age’ Andrew Roberts, Bookseller
‘This is genius’ MacWorld.com
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Details
- Author
- Kat Smutz
- Narrator
- Jonathan Keeble
- Duration
- 1 hour 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 February 2012
- ISBN
- 9780007469512
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery, Specific wars and military campaigns, Civil wars
Synopsis
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The American Civil War started when eleven southern ‘slave’ states declared their independence from the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican government were strongly against slavery and fought to abolish it and keep the country united. The American Civil War: History in an Hour gives a concise and authoritative overview of these four years of bloody and devastating warfare to help you understand how the Civil War shaped America today and changed the history of slavery forever. Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…
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