Brenda Wineapple is the author of several books including Ecstatic Nation- Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877, named a best book of the year by The New York Times, among other publications; White Heat- The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Hawthorne- A Life, winner of the Ambassador Award for Best Biography of the Year; and Sister Brother- Gertrude and Leo Stein. Her numerous other honors include a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, two National Endowment Fellowships in the Humanities, and, most recently, a National Endowment Public Scholars Award. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians and regularly contributes to major publications such as The New York Times Book Review, The New York Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, and The Nation.
"The relevance of this riveting and absorbing book is clear enough
. . . literary and incisive . . . vivid and perceptive."--Jennifer
Szalai, The New York Times "Riveting . . . Wineapple has written a
stunningly well-timed book on a question ripped from the headlines.
Compulsively readable"--John Fabian Witt, The Washington Post "Ms.
Wineapple's gift for portraiture is on display as she sets out her
cast of characters. . . . The first instruction to draw from The
Impeachers is the importance of stakes."--The Wall Street Journal
"A gifted stylist whose knowledge of the politics of Reconstruction
is both intimate and vast. In The Impeachers, [Wineapple] tells an
elegant story stuffed with alluring character sketches and dramatic
moments, both legal and political."--Michael Kazin, The New
Republic "Approachable, dramatic, even riveting, Wineapple's volume
is both guidebook and cautionary tale for our times."--The Boston
Globe
"Brenda Wineapple's ambitious and assured volume The Impeachers
rightfully recenters the story along the main axis of moral
struggle in American history: whether the nation is indeed a
democracy for all its citizens or not."--Chris Hayes, The New York
Times Book Review
"Riveting and definitive."--Esquire
"This is simply an amazing, mesmerizing book, impossible to put
down. And Wineapple brilliantly juggles all the angles and
bloodshed in her propulsive narrative."--Providence Journal
"A terrific--and timely--account of the first attempt in American
history to impeach and remove a sitting president."--Glenn
Atschuler, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Impeachers is a
historical barn burner of a book--a vivid cast of characters caught
in a terrifying and eerily familiar moment in our nation's history.
This is history of the best kind--passionate, evocative,
razor-sharp, and relevant."--Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the
Hurricane's Eye
"With scholarly authority and literary grace, The Impeachers
clarifies, as only a responsible historical work can, an
increasingly urgent public question: by what standards ought
Congress to consider impeaching and removing a sitting president?
As ever, Wineapple's work exemplifies how objectivity need not come
at the expense of dramatic engagement, let alone shrewd personal
and political judgments."--Sean Wilentz, George Henry Davis 1886
Professor, Princeton University "This is a terrific book. . . . Not
to be missed."--Geoffrey C. Ward, author of A First-Class
Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt
"In this superbly lyrical work, Brenda Wineapple has plugged a
glaring hole in our historical memory through her vivid and
sweeping portrayal of President Andrew Johnson's 1868 impeachment.
. . . Teeming with fiery passions and unforgettable characters, The
Impeachers will be devoured by contemporary readers seeking
enlightenment on this issue. . . . A landmark study."--Ron Chernow,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Grant
Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist
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