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David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize–winning The Impending Crisis is the definitive history of antebellum America.

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David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize–winning The Impending Crisis is the definitive history of antebellum America. Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern secession. The Impending Crisis remains one of the most celebrated works of American historical writing.

“David M. Potter’s magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War." ---Civil War History

“The magnum opus of a great American historian.” ---Newsweek

The Impending Crisis

America Before the Civil War: 1848-1861

Author David M. Potter

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin

Publication date Mar 28, 2017

Running time 23 hrs

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