''Ordeal of the Union'', an eight-volume set (published 1947–1971) on the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...
by
Allan Nevins
Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and J ...
, is one of the author's greatest works, ending only with his death. The individual books are:
# ''Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847–1852'' (1947)
# ''A House Dividing, 1852–1857'' (1947)
# ''Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857–1859''
# ''Prologue to Civil War, 1859–1861''
# ''The Improvised War, 1861–1862''
# ''War Becomes Revolution, 1862–1863''
# ''The Organized War, 1863–1864''
# ''The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865''
For the last two volumes, published in 1971, Nevins won the U.S.
National Book Award
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The Nat ...
in History.
["National Book Awards – 1972"]
National Book Foundation
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. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
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Reviews and papers on these books*
1947 non-fiction books
1971 non-fiction books
History books about the American Civil War
National Book Award-winning works
Bancroft Prize-winning works
Book series introduced in 1947
Series of history books
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