#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times).

“A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale...

SUMMARY THE DEMON OF UNREST BASED ON THE BOOK BY ERIK LARSON SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: FASTBOOKS PUBLISHING CONTENT The Best of All Worlds Treachery in the Wind Precipice Journey Coercion Collision Fire! A Toast Blood Among the Tulip Trees General Analysis of the Book ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK "The Demon of Unrest" by Erik Larson explores the turbulent period leading up to the American Civil War, focusing on the political, personal,...

The school on Heart's Content Road spirals out from the story of Mickey Gammon, a disaffected fifteen-year-old dropout who has been evicted from his home by his overwrought half-brother. With the help of his new friend, Rex York, the captain of the local militia, Mickey is introduced to the secretive world of the Settlement. Run by a man known to many as 'The Prophet,' the Settlement is a rural cooperative in alternative energy, farm produce, and...