Ordeal by Fire, Vol 1

by James M. McPherson

Written by a leading Civil War historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner, this paperback describes the social, economic, ideological, and political conflicts that lead to war. The text consists of the Prologue and chapters 1-9 of the hardbound version of, Ordeal by The Civil War and Reconstruction, Second Edition.

Genres: American Civil War, History

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 1988

About the author

James M. McPherson, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1963; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota), 1958) is an American Civil War historian, and the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, his most famous book. He was the president of the American Historical Association in 2003, and is a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Reviews

[Chris]

One of the best histories of the Civil War