''The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861'' is a 1976 nonfiction book by American historian

David M. Potter David Morris Potter (December 6, 1910 – February 18, 1971) was an American historian specializing in the study of the American South and the American Civil War. He was born in Augusta, Georgia, graduated from the Academy of Richmond County, a ...

, who had died in 1971. The book was completed by fellow

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professor

Don E. Fehrenbacher Don Edward Fehrenbacher (August 21, 1920 – December 13, 1997) was an American historian. He wrote on politics, slavery, and Abraham Lincoln. He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for History for '' The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law ...

and published in 1977 by

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. It was awarded the

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1976 non-fiction books Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works History books about the United States Harper & Row books {{US-hist-book-stub