James B. Conroy. (2014). Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.

James B. Conroy. 2014. Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865. Blackstone Publishing.

James B. Conroy, Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865. Blackstone Publishing, 2014.

James B. Conroy. Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2014.

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     James B. Conroy practices law in Boston. He previously served as a Senate and House press secretary and speechwriter in Washington, DC, as well as an administrative assistant (chief of staff) for a New York City congressman. His legal writing has been published in Massachusetts Law Review and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

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Our One Common Country explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War. Given short shrift or overlooked by many historians, the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865 was a crucial turning point in the War between the States. In this well written and highly documented book, James B. Conroy describes in fascinating detail what happened when leaders from both sides came together to try to end the hostilities. The meeting was meant to end the fighting on peaceful terms. It failed, however, and the war dragged on for two more bloody, destructive months.

Through meticulous research of both primary and secondary sources, Conroy tells the story of the doomed peace negotiations through the characters who lived it. With a fresh and immediate perspective, Our One Common Country offers a thrilling and eye-opening look into the inability of our nation's leaders to find a peaceful solution. The failure of the Hampton Roads Conference shaped the course of American history and the future of America's wars to come.

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   • content: "Conroy is a terrific writer who tells the story of one of the war's least known episodes, the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. But it is the way he describes the people around Lincoln, their interaction with him and each other, that makes this such a good read. Great anecdotes—if you're like me you'll find yourself pausing every few pages and saying, 'I never knew that'—my favorite kind of book!"
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   • content: The end of the Civil War is one of those bits of history we all think we know: Appomattox and all that. This audiobook opens up the story of the men who were trying to end the carnage weeks and months earlier, most notably through a peace conference at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner lets the story carry itself without unnecessary added drama and shades his voice just enough that we can tell when quotations start and end. He conveys passion where it's warranted, particularly in the Southern editorials, without jarring the overall tenor of the production. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
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     October 7, 2013
     In early February 1865, in the midst of the Civil War, a group of Southern and Northern politicians—including President Lincoln—met at Hampton Roads, Va., to negotiate peace between the two warring factions, however skeptically. Plans centered on a proposal to overcome their differences by invading Mexico together, and throughout the peacemaking attempts, the politicians sought secrecy (often in vain) because of strong disapproval from the media and certain peers. Needless to say, the peace conference was a failure. Conroy’s impressively thorough and engaging document details the events leading up to, during, and immediately after the Hampton Roads Peace Conference, which has never before been the sole subject of a book. The book illuminates the conflicting, passionate views on the Civil War—and on the appropriate way to end the war—while giving fascinating insight into the war’s major players: Lincoln and his secretary of state, William H. Seward; Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his vice president, Alexander Stephens; the Blair family of Washington power brokers; and generals Grant, Meade, Lee, and Longstreet. Conroy draws on private journals, official notes, newspaper reports, and more as he untangles this important, but often overlooked, moment in history.

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