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The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson - Book Summary

“Five Months, One Fort, and a Nation That Talked Itself Into War”

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Title: The Demon of Unrest

Author: Erik Larson

Category: Memoirs & Life Stories, Culture & Society, World History, Economics & Global Markets

What happens in the five months between a presidential election and the first shots of a civil war? Sam and Sophie open Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest right at that gap, November 1860 to April 1861, and sit with how strange it feels.

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