America in 1857: A Nation on the Brink by Kenneth M. Stampp
English | April 30th, 1992 | ISBN: 0195039025 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 4.07 MB
It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Mormon governor to replace Brigham Young.