Wolf by the Ears: The Missouri Crisis, 1819-1821

by John R. Van Atta

Book Overview

How bitter infighting over the expansion of slavery in western territories almost destroyed the fragile United States.

From the early days of the republic, American leaders knew that an unpredictable time bomb--the question of slavery--lay at the heart of national politics. An implicit understanding between North and South helped to keep the issue at bay: northern states, where slavery had been set on course for extinction via gradual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421416530
• ISBN13: 9781421416533
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"