BrendaWineapple is theauthor ofseven books including The Impeachers- The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation, selected by a New York Times book critic as one of the ten best nonfiction works of 2019; Ecstatic Nation- Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877,a New York Times 'Notable Book'; and White Heat- The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson,a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A recipient of aLiterature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting, and a Pushcart Prize, she has also received threeNational EndowmentFellowshipsincluding itsPublic Scholars Award. Her essays and reviews regularly appear in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2023, she was selected a Fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
“The relevance of this riveting and absorbing book is clear enough
. . . literary and incisive . . . vivid and perceptive.”—Jennifer
Szalai, The New York Times
“Riveting . . . Wineapple has written a stunningly well-timed book
on a question ripped from the headlines. Compulsively
readable”—John Fabian Witt, The Washington Post
“Ms. Wineapple’s gift for portraiture is on display as she sets out
her cast of characters. . . . The first instruction to draw from
The Impeachers is the importance of stakes.”—The Wall Street
Journal
“A gifted stylist whose knowledge of the politics of Reconstruction
is both intimate and vast. In The Impeachers, [Wineapple] tells an
elegant story stuffed with alluring character sketches and dramatic
moments, both legal and political.”—Michael Kazin, The New
Republic
“Approachable, dramatic, even riveting, Wineapple’s volume is both
guidebook and cautionary tale for our times.”—The Boston Globe
“Brenda Wineapple’s ambitious and assured volume The Impeachers
rightfully recenters the story along the main axis of moral
struggle in American history: whether the nation is indeed a
democracy for all its citizens or not.”—Chris Hayes, The New York
Times Book Review
“Riveting and definitive.”—Esquire
“This is simply an amazing, mesmerizing book, impossible to put
down. And Wineapple brilliantly juggles all the angles and
bloodshed in her propulsive narrative.”—Providence Journal
“A terrific—and timely—account of the first attempt in American
history to impeach and remove a sitting president.”—Glenn
Atschuler, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The Impeachers is a historical barn burner of a book—a vivid cast
of characters caught in a terrifying and eerily familiar moment in
our nation’s history. This is history of the best kind—passionate,
evocative, razor-sharp, and relevant.”—Nathaniel Philbrick, author
of In the Hurricane’s Eye
“With scholarly authority and literary grace, The Impeachers
clarifies, as only a responsible historical work can, an
increasingly urgent public question: by what standards ought
Congress to consider impeaching and removing a sitting president?
As ever, Wineapple’s work exemplifies how objectivity need not come
at the expense of dramatic engagement, let alone shrewd personal
and political judgments.”—Sean Wilentz, George Henry Davis 1886
Professor, Princeton University
“This is a terrific book. . . . Not to be missed.”—Geoffrey C.
Ward, author of A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of
Franklin Roosevelt
“In this superbly lyrical work, Brenda Wineapple has plugged a
glaring hole in our historical memory through her vivid and
sweeping portrayal of President Andrew Johnson’s 1868 impeachment.
. . . Teeming with fiery passions and unforgettable characters, The
Impeachers will be devoured by contemporary readers seeking
enlightenment on this issue. . . . A landmark study.”—Ron Chernow,
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Grant
Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist
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