Madness Rules the Hour: Charleston, 1860 and the Mania for War
By: Paul Starobin
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
"The tea has been thrown overboard-the revolution of 1860 has been initiated." --Charleston Mercury…
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2.60
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3.97
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3.78
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30. Madness Rules the Hour: Charleston, 1860 and the Mania for War
By: Paul Starobin
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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31. War
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