Download or read book Crisis of Fear written by Steven A. Channing and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic account of the actions and attitudes behind the even that began the Civil War. Vast research in private papers, legislative records, and newspapers has produced this important new perspective on the origins of the Civil War. Crisis of Fear was awarded the Allan Nevins History Prize by the Society of American Historians.