The Climax; Or What Might Have Been: A Romance Of The Great Republic is a novel written by Charles Felton Pidgin. It is a work of historical fiction that explores the events leading up to the American Civil War and imagines an alternate outcome. The story follows the lives of two families, the Blakes and the Deanes, who are from opposite sides of the political spectrum. The Blakes are staunch abolitionists while the Deanes are slave owners. The novel...