April 1865: The Month That Saved America

"... exciting and penetrating. It is history as it ought to be written -- well researched, and as readable as a novel." -- Paul Johnson, author of Modern Times and A History of the American People"April 1865 is a superb piece of history. Jay Winik is a master storyteller with a remarkable tale to tell." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time, winner of the Pulitzer Prize"Jay Winik has written a mesmerizing study of April 1865. It is a brilliantly written account." -- Robert Dallek, author of Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times"Jay Winik's April 1865 is a book that fully measures up to the importance of its subject." -- James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, winner of the Pulitzer Prize"Popular history at its best. . . . Masterful. This book is a triumph." -- -- Publishers Weekly - starred review"The last days of the Civil War come alive again... A gripping page-turner of a book." -- Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center of American Studies at the University of New Orleans"This engaging book takes readers on a fascinating journey." -- Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Confederate War and Lee and His Generals in War and Memory"Winik more than meets the tests of vigorous narrative and fresh analysis..." -- The Baltimore Sun"With cinematic sweep and novelistic detail, Jay Winik reintroduces us to the thirty most momentous days on the American calendar." -- Richard Norton Smith, author of Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation and Director, Gerald R. Ford Museum"[A] comprehensive, essential volume ..[the] interviews are like keys to the many rooms of [Ginsberg's] expansive consciousness." -- San Francisco Chronicle--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.