A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W illustrations ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; "a singular ideology forged among the headstrong citizens of Charleston had laid a different sort of siege to the entire American South--the promulgation of brutal, deplorable, and immensely profitable institution of slavery. In America's Longest Siege, Joseph Kelly examines the nation's long struggle with its "peculiar institution" through the hotly contested debates in the city at the center of the slave trade. From the earliest slave rebellions to the Nullification crisis to the final, tragic act of secession that doomed both the city and the South as a whole," Title: America's Longest Siege: Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Toward Civil War Author Name: Kelly, Joseph Edition: First US Edition ISBN Number: 159020719X ISBN-13: 9781590207192 Location Published: New York, Overlook Press: 2013 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Item: 1.00 lb Categories: USA, Slavery Seller ID: 21582 Keywords: charleston slavery