![]() ![]() ![]() – in which part if the book is set – declared a national park. President Obama recently invited him to the Oval Office to recognize 1861’s role in having Fort Monroe, Va. Goodheart’s book has been named one of the Top Ten History Books of the year by Amazon, one of the Top 25 Nonfiction Books of the year by Barnes & Noble, and a New York Times Notable Book of 2011. ![]() The book has received wide critical acclaim a cover review in the New York Times called it “exhilarating” “inspiring,” and “irresistible,” adding, “ 1861 creates the uncanny illusion that the reader has stepped into a time machine.” The Boston Globe’s reviewer wrote: “Hardly a page of this book lacks an insight of importance or a fact that beguiles the reader.” Mr. Adam Goodheart is a historian, essayist, and journalist and the author of the New York Times bestselling book 1861: The Civil War Awakening, which was published by Knopf in April 2011. ![]()
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