William K Klingaman: 3 books
The Year Without Summer
1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Like Winchester's Krakatoa, The Year Without Summer reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history
In the tradition of Krakatoa, The World Without Us, and Guns, Germs and Steel comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816...
The Darkest Year
The American Home Front 1941-1942
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman’s narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war.
For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese...
by William K. Klingaman
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2001
In this comprehensive account of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, William K. Klingaman takes a fresh look at what is arguably the most controversial reform in American history. Taking the reader from Lincoln's inauguration through the Civil War to his tragic assassination, it uncovers...