(Paperback)

"1858" explores the events and personalities of the year that would send the America's North and South on a collision course culminating in the slaughter of 630,000 of the nation's young men, a greater number than died in any other American conflict.

(Hardback)

In telling the story of George and Martha Washington, noted historian Bruce Chadwick explains not only the couple's remarkable devotion to each other, but also why the wealthiest couple in Virginia became revolutionaries who risked the loss of not only their vast estates, but also their very lives.