A exceptional biography of someone I had thought I never heard of.  I had read of an event in which he was a unwilling participant in.  I had read something of the U.S. Senator who was badly beaten on the floor of the Senate but I did not remember his name, if I ever knew it.

The book is “The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union” by Stephen Puleo. It will be available in April 23.

It is not  only a fascinating biography of  Charles Sumner, a leading abolitionist who became a Senator and advisor to President Lincoln but a great explanation of the complicated times leading up to the Civil War and afterward.

I thank both NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the chance to read this before publication.    I  highly recommend “The Great Abolitionist” to anyone with an interest in the American Civil War or human rights.