The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson tells the story of the five months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the attack on Fort Sumter, as the nation slid toward civil war. Through vivid portraits of Lincoln, the Union commander trapped at Fort Sumter, Southern fire-eaters, and a scheming secretary of state, Larson shows how pride, miscalculation, and blunder turned a political crisis into catastrophe. Gripping narrative history from a master of the form.

• Author: Erik Larson
• Publisher: Crown
• Format: Paperback
• Ages: Adult
• ISBN: 9780385348768