{"product_id":"the-peace-that-almost-was-mark-tooley-9780718022235","title":"The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn February 1861, most of America's great statesmen--including a former president, dozens of current and former senators, Supreme Court justices, governors, and congressmen--came together at the historic Willard Hotel in a desperate attempt to stave off Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven southern states had already seceded, and the conferees battled against time to craft a compromise to protect slavery and thus preserve the union and prevent war. Participants included former President John Tyler, General William Sherman's Catholic step-father, General Winfield Scott, and Lincoln's future Treasury Secretary, Salmon Chase--and from a room upstairs at the hotel, Lincoln himself. Revelatory and definitive, \u003cem\u003eThe Peace That Almost Was\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that slavery was the main issue of the conference--and thus of the war itself--and that no matter the shared faith, family, and friendships of the participants, ultimately no compromise could be reached.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Tooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0718022238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780718022235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.70w x 1.30d","brand":"Mark Tooley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44598245425407,"sku":"9780718022235","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1259921-aae4-4095-9c8b-d5ed986ecf69.jpg?v=1702381418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-peace-that-almost-was-mark-tooley-9780718022235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}