Goodreads Readers Choice - Top 10 Finalists 2024

 

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1. The demon of unrest: a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War

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Author:
Larson, Erik, 1954-
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson...

2. Oath and honor: a memoir and a warning

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Author:
Cheney, Liz, 1966-
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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"In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol. Liz Cheney, one of the few Republican officials to take a stand against these efforts, witnessed the attack first-hand, and...