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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)

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― Lillian Hellman

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― Louis L'Amour

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― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

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― Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree

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