Bloodstains
An Epic History of the Politics
Volume 1:
The Nation Builders
Andrew
Jackson of Tennessee Sam Houston of
Texas
Jeff Davis of Mississippi
Stephen Douglas of Illinois
By Howard Ray White
From the Ancient British Isles to March 1848 – With much
of the history
being told through parallel biographies of Andrew
Jackson, Sam Houston,
Jeff Davis, Stephen Douglas, Thad Stevens, Abe Lincoln
and Charles Sumner.
Herein you live, yes live, through those turbulent and amazing times. Why? Because much of the pertinent history
is told through parallel biographies of the major politicians of the time. Through 458 informative and compelling pages,
Howard Ray White takes you back. He takes you back to those years so that you may live them yourself,
because he wants you to personally experience them and draw your own conclusions about the causes of the American
Civil War, about the politics that produced such horrific fighting, suffering and death. Have you long wondered
what caused the Civil War? Do you doubt the reasons commonly accepted in today's society? Do you doubt that
Abe Lincoln was as truthful, honest and heroic as alleged. Do you suspect that Jeff Davis was not such a scoundrel?
Would you like to understand the "Lost Cause," which the Confederates claimed they had been fighting to uphold?
Do you want to truly understand that era's often-changing political attitudes toward slavery? Then, if you have
the time, Howard Ray White has the means. Bloodstains, Volume 1: The Nation Builders, is White's first book. Unlike the vast majority
of historical writers, he is not
a product of American Academia; of that he says, "I find the consequential freedom most helpful, most refreshing."
A retired chemical engineer (Vanderbilt University, 1960), White presents history with scientifically correct
rigor, even when doing so is not today considered "politically correct." And White tells the history and
relates the biographies with measured feelings of passionate involvement, for his grandfather's farmhouse was a
Federal field hospital at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River), and there, as a child, he had pondered the
"Bloodstains" on the floors and stairway. He explains: "As a child, those bloodstains cried out to me to someday
tell them 'Why.'" So about 1990, White began a determined study to understand "Why." And the four volumes of
Bloodstains present the history as White organized it for personal study and for maximum understanding.
White will never tell you "Why," in summary format, for he refuses to do so. But, after reading Bloodstains,
you will know "Why" more surely than if he had done so, and with far more conviction. The four volumes are -- Volume 1: The Nation Builders; Volume 2: The Demagogues;
Volume 3: The Bleeding, and Volume 4: The Struggle for Healing. Volumes 1 and 2 are
presently available for
purchase; Volume 3 will be available by 2005, and Volume 4 by 2006. White says, "I have written most of
Volumes 3 and 4, so publication is assured." You may keep informed on progress and how to order future volumes
at White's website, www.civilwarcauses.com. The following are some sample comments submitted by readers of draft copies of Bloodstains: I am now taking orders for Volume 1, The Nation Builders. The price delivered to your mailbox is $24 if in
the United States, a bit more if elsewhere. To order, click here: Order Book.