The Field of Blood Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Freeman, Joanne B - 2018

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2018. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018-09-11. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. 450 pages. Illustrated.. 1st Ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/None. Road to the Civil War.

2018, stated First, Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex Library but clean, tight copy, with no noteworthy blemishes.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. Hardcover. Like New/New. Like New hardcover in new DJ. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Publisher's overstock mark on the bottom of the text block. Includes appendices [2], bibliography, index, and B&W illustrations. 450 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From the publisher, "Historian Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery. These fights didn't happen in a vacuum. Freeman's dramatic… Read More

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2018. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy with very light cover and jacket wear, firm binding, unmarked text.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 450 pages. Hardcover. Ivory boards with red titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Ivory & white dust jacket with illustration in very good condition. Clean & unmarked. Record # 750674