The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war / Joanne B. Freeman.

The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War. In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Freeman, Joanne B., 1962- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > History > 19th century.
United States. > Congress.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Legislators > United States > History > 19th century.
Legislators > Violence against > United States.
Political violence > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Legislators.
Political culture.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
United States.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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