Download or read book Henry Wilson and the Coming of the Civil War written by John L. Myers and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography deals with the life of Henry Wilson, one of the most important figures of the middle third of the Nineteenth Century, up to the time of the Civil War. Among its concerns are the political antislavery movement, economic development, the rise of a working class politician in an aristocratic-controlled state, prohibition, and Massachusetts state history.