Books by Williamjames Hull (Seton Hall University) Hoffer

A signal, violent event in the history of the United States Congress, the caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor embodied the complex North-South cultural divide of the mid-nineteenth century. This title demonstrates just how far the factions had drifted apart and explains why the coming war was so difficult to avoid.

He addresses the importance of the event in the national crisis and shows why such actions are not quite as alien to today's politics as they might at first seem.