A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War by Thomas Fleming

A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War

Thomas Fleming

354 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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By the time John Brown hung from the gallows for his crimes at Harper’s Ferry, Northern abolitionists had made him a "holy martyr" in their campaign against Southern slave owners. This Northern hatred for Southerners long predated their objections...

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