GET LIT: Win a copy of 1861: The Civil War Awakening

On this, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (it's also the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight and Clare Danes' birthday, FYI), we're giving away a copy of Adam Goodheart's 1861: The Civil War Awakening.

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GET LIT: Win a copy of 1861: The Civil War Awakening

POSTED: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 3:00 PM

On this, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (it's also the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight and Clare Danes' birthday, FYI), we're giving away a copy of Adam Goodheart's 1861: The Civil War Awakening. Tomorrow night, Goodheart will make an appearance at the National Constitution Center for a talk with Penn prof Richard Beeman. (Oh, and speaking of the Civil War, "Abraham Lincoln" will be tweeting (!), giving us the scoop on the early days of the war, leading troops into battle and how the hell he avoided hitting his head walking into those tiny 19th-century doors.)

Here's what Shaun Brady had to say about tomorrow's event, in last week's Agenda section:

Apu had it right the first time: In the Simpsons episode where the Kwik-E-Mart proprietor took his citizenship exam, he answered a query about the cause of the Civil War by launching into a lengthy disquisition; the Proctor quickly interrupted with, "Just say slavery." That about nails what most of us believe about the onset of our nation's bloodiest conflict, but as Philly native Adam Goodheart reveals in his new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, the battle meant different things to different people across the borders of states, class and ideology. Timed for the sesquicentennial of the war's outbreak, Goodheart's book looks past the usual heroes and villains to find lesser-known players who nonetheless had their own part in the now seemingly inevitable build-up to the Union-threatening schism. Goodheart, a writer for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others, will discuss the book with Penn prof Richard Beeman.

Wed., April 13, 6:30 p.m., free (reservations required), National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St., 215-409-6700, constitutioncenter.org.

To win a copy of the book, be the first to correctly answer the following trivia question:

Abraham Lincoln had many pet names for his wife, Mary. Do you know at least three?

E-mail your answers to carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net for a chance to win!

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