Joanne B. Freeman Livres

An absorbing account of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War, 'alarmingly familiar in our own time' (Andrew Delbanco, The Nation).

Offering a reassessment of the tumultuous culture of politics on the national stage during America's early years, when Jefferson, Burr, and Hamilton were among the national leaders, Freeman shows how the rituals and rhetoric of honor provides ground rules for political combat. Illustrations.