{"product_id":"ecstatic-nation-confidence-crisis-and-compromise-1848-1877-9780061234583","title":"Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e A \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e A \u003cem\u003eBookpage\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A splendid new history of the Civil War period. . . . Wineapple brings alive the vibrant, imperfect people behind the issues. . . . A masterly, deeply moving record of a crucial period in American history.\" --David S. Reynolds, \u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDazzling in scope, \u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation \u003c\/em\u003eby award-winning historian and literary critic Brenda Wineapple, illuminates one of the most dramatic and momentous chapters in America's past, when the country dreamed big, craved new lands and new freedom, and was bitterly divided over its great moral wrong: slavery. With a canvas of extraordinary characters, such as P. T. Barnum, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, and L. C. Q. Lamar, \u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly balances cultural and political history: It's a riveting account of the sectional conflict that preceded the Civil War, and astutely chronicles the complex aftermath of that war and Reconstruction, including the promise that women would share in a new definition of American citizenship. It takes us from photographic surveys of the Sierra Nevadas to the discovery of gold in the South Dakota hills, and it signals the painful, thrilling birth of modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcstatic Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is an epic and spellbinding tale of America--its glory and greed, its aspirations and humiliations--during an exhilarating and momentous period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brenda Wineapple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061234583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2014 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWineapple, Brenda:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrenda Wineapple is the prizewinning author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eWhite Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43088168681587,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/ecstatic-nation-confidence-crisis-and-compromise-1848-1877-9780061234583","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}