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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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Our Serials and Our Circulation – 1
Rev. Mr. Spurgeon’s New Tabernacle – 1-3
Editorials – 3-4
The Lounger – 4-5
A Ride Through Orange County – 5-6
The Saloon of the Steamship “Great Eastern – 7-8
The Naturalization Question and Its Phases – 8
Trumps, by George William Curtis, Ch. LIII-LIV – 9-12
The “Great Eastern” Steamship at Sea – 13
My Vision – 14-16
More Real Ghosts – 16-17
A Good Fight, by Charles Reade, Ch. XVII-XXII – 18-20
A Doubting Heart – 20
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, Book II, Ch XXIV – 20-23

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The last excerpt from this book was on April 16 (reply #3).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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Continued from September 16 (reply #7.)

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas