A new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, by Adam Goodheart ’92, recently reviewed in Harvard Magazine, was also the subject of a searching, favorable review in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. Goodheart's volume, years in the making, explores the origins and beginnings of the war, whose sesquicentennial begins this year and will continue until 2015. "Many good studies about the struggle will be published, but few will be as exhilarating as 1861: The Civil War Awakening,” writes Debby Applegate in the Times. "Like many of the best works of history, 1861 creates the uncanny illusion that the reader has stepped into a time machine." Goodheart, director of the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College, is a former Undergraduate columnist for Harvard Magazine and was one of its original Ledecky Fellows.
More on Adam Goodheart's new book "1861: The Civil War Awakening"
Adam Goodheart's new book explores the Civil War.
You might also like
The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
How Adam Ehrlich Sachs Writes Absurd and Beautiful Fiction
The Gretel and the Great War author on how the Lampoon derailed his science career—and set him on a literary path.
Tara Menon’s Debut Novel Combines Friendship, Grief, and Climate Disaster
The popular Harvard English professor published Under Water this spring.
Most popular
Explore More From Current Issue
For advocacy and benevolence, three late alumni are reportedly in line for the Catholic Church’s highest honor.
Researchers at Harvard Kennedy School say yes.
The professor and former Harvard College dean is the next president of Harvard Magazine’s Board of Directors