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Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War by Jon Grinspan

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: May 30, 2024  2 Comments on Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War by Jon Grinspan

Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War by Jon Grinspan published by Bloomsbury Publishing (2024) I have been very…

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Before the Republican Wide Awakes There Were the Know Nothing Wide Awakes

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: January 17, 2020  3 Comments on Before the Republican Wide Awakes There Were the Know Nothing Wide Awakes

I write pretty extensively on another blog about immigrants during the Civil War. One of my articles is about the anti-immigrant Know Nothings of the…

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