The Demon of Unrest
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The Demon of Unrest
| Full title | The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War |
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| Author | Erik Larson |
| Published | 2024 |
| Pages | 582 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Larson takes the five months between Lincoln’s election and the firing on Fort Sumter and runs them day by day — a study of how a country talks itself into a war nobody quite chooses. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Salt Lake City International Airport — June 2026 (Books photo album)
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A reply to @typesfast — in the thread under his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (June 2025). The full set of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
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