This character appears in 17 books.
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Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Preston Brooks: Advocate of slavery who beat Senator Sumner on the Senate floor with a cane
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Oxford History of the United States: Book 6Battle Cry of Freedom
The Civil War Era
by James M. McPherson
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The Road to Disunion: Book 2The Road to Disunion
Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861
by William W. Freehling
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Littlefield History of the Civil War EraDisunion!
The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
by Elizabeth R. Varon
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The Civil War: A Narrative: Book 3Red River to Appomattox (collective work)
by Shelby Foote
Preston Brooks: Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 – January 27, 1857) was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina during the period just prior to the US Civil War.
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