by Erik Larson
PenguinRandomHouse
Larson brings an incredible amount of detail to this telling of the few months leading up to beginning of the Civil War. Perhaps we didn't need to hear so much from Mary Boykin Chestnut's diary of social life in Charleston, or about the dastardly, vain, secessionist Edmund Ruffin. But you can't help but worry for poor Major Robert Anderson, in charge of Fort Sumter as food and munitions runout, with no communication available, no orders or idea of what reinforcements might be coming.
It's a story we think we know, but with much more detail; it will cause you to think about our own political times.
I also highly recommend Larson's other books - he's a wonderful writer - especially Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts and Isaac's Storm.
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