A Nation Torn
Subtitle: The Story of How the Civil War Began (Young Readers' History of the Civil War)
Publisher: Puffin
Published: August 1, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780140381054
First sentence: On Christmas day in 1860, Major Robert Anderson of the United States Army wrote his wife a letter from his damp and drafty quarters many miles from home.