The election of 1860 and the coming of Civil War The 1860 presidential election divided the United States as never before.
The novel 1860 takes the reader back to that time. Michael Drieborg, his family and teenage friends must face the terrible consequences of that elecdtion.
How does Michael satisfy his desire to jkoin his friends and fight for his couhnjtry with his duty to obey the wishes of his parents and stay home?