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1861

The Lost Peace

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By Jay Winik

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From award-winning historian and New York Times bestselling author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America Jay Winik, a gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s decision to go to war against the Confederacy. 

1861: The Lost Peace is the story of President Lincoln’s far-reaching, difficult, and most courageous decision, a time when the country wrestled with deep moral questions of epic proportions.
 
Through Jay Winik’s singular reporting and storytelling, readers will learn about the extraordinary Washington Peace Conference at the Willard Hotel to avert cataclysmic war. They will observe the irascible and farsighted Senator JJ Crittenden, the tireless moderate seeking a middle way to peace. Lincoln himself called Crittenden “a great man” even as Lincoln jousted with him. They’ll be inside and among Lincoln’s cabinet—the finest in history—which rivaled the executive in its authority, a fact too often forgotten, and they will see a parade of statesmen frenetically grasping for peace rather than the spectacle of the young nation slowly choking in its own blood. A perfect read for history buffs, with timely overtones to our current political climate.

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On Sale
May 6, 2025
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Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781549129506

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Jay Winik

About the Author

Jay Winik is an American historian and New York Times bestselling author, known for his award-winning April 1865: The Month That Saved America, among many others. Winick is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the board of trustees of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He graduated from Yale with honors, and holds a Masters in Economics from the London School of Economics. 
 

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