The caning of Charles Sumner : honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War /
Hoffer, Williamjames.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
One minute -- A machine that would go of itself? -- Immediate aftermath -- A long, winding road -- Honor, idealism, and inevitability.
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
Brooks, Preston S. (Preston Smith), 1819-1857.
Assault and battery
Legislators
Idealism, American
Honor
Slavery