Four Score and Four: America in 1860

When the American Civil War ended in 1865, the country moved toward a future with the union restored and renewed, no longer divided by slavery. Because the monumental events of the Civil War overshadowed nearly everything else of the period, the circumstances of antebellum America—from the distinctive and significant to the mundane—fell to the wayside. Historic accounts that focus on the monumental deny modern readers the context for a more complete understanding of the past.

Four Score and Four steps outside the conventional approach to history and looks not just to the monumental, but also the merely significant as well as the mundane. In so doing, it recounts the past in a manner enriched by a wider appreciation of the period. Analyzing political events and military resources alongside social, cultural, economic, and technological circumstances of the time, it presents a panoramic portrait of 1860 America, depicting the dynamic whole of the country and the daily lives of its people.

A strong, serious, and sincere study, Four Score and Four is sure to educate and enlighten any and all who read it.