Bonds of Union

This vivid history of the Civil War era reveals how unexpected bonds of union forged among diverse peoples in the Ohio-Kentucky borderlands furthered emanicipation through a period of spiraling chaos between 1830 and 1865. Moving beyond familiar arguments about Lincoln's deft politics or regional commercial ties, Bridge Ford recovers the potent religious, racial , and political attachments holding the country together at one of its most likely breaking points, the Ohio River. -- Provided by publisher.