Publisher Description
Noted historian William J. Cooper has forged a reputation as one of today's foremost Civil War experts. In We Have the War Upon Us, Cooper takes a fresh look at the months between Lincoln's election and the attack on Fort Sumter that sparked the war. For years, compromise had kept the North and South from conflict- but in these crucial months, the actions of major players on both sides pushed the country to the brink of destruction.
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"A good book for people interested in the Civil War and why it started."
—
Lawrence (4 out of 5 stars)
About William J. Cooper
William J.
Cooper Jr is a Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University and a past president of the
Southern Historical Association. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina, and
received his AB from Princeton and his PhD from Johns Hopkins University. He
has been a member of the LSU faculty since 1968 and is the author of several
books, including The Conservative Regime:
South Carolina, 1877–1890; The South
and the Politics of Slavery, 1828–1856; Jefferson
Davis, American; and We Have the War
upon Us: The Onset of the Civil War. He lives in Baton Rouge.
About Andrew Garman
Andrew Garman is a television, film, and voice actor. His acting credits include the film Julie & Julia and appearances the television series Law & Order, Mercy, and Conviction. Among his audiobook narrations are Arcadia by Lauren Groff, Simply from Scratch by Alicia Bessette, and Love Is a Canoe by Ben Schrank, among others.