{"product_id":"reveille-in-washington-margaret-leech-9781590174463","title":"Reveille in Washington: 1860-1865","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFeaturing a foreword by \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e author James McPherson \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vibrant portrait of Civil War-era Washington, D.C. that is \"packed and running over with the anecdotes, scandals, personalities, and tragi-comedies of the day\"--from the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for History (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1860: The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, and deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators, and enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReveille in Washington\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the everyday politics and preoccupations of Washington during the Civil War. From the stench of corpse-littered streets to the plunging lace on Mary Lincoln's evening gowns, Margaret Leech illuminates the city and its familiar figures--among them Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, William Seward, and Mary Surratt--in intimate and fascinating detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeech's book remains widely recognized as both an impressive feat of scholarship and an uncommonly engrossing work of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best single popular account of Washington during the great convulsion of the Civil War.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Leech\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590174461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590174463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.30w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 41","brand":"Margaret Leech","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987907084543,"sku":"9781590174463","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ac275a2-d1a5-42b8-adb9-6b326c84bc5b.jpg?v=1683291551","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reveille-in-washington-margaret-leech-9781590174463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}