The Crisis (novel)

Not to be confused with The World Crisis by a different Winston Churchill.
The Crisis
AuthorWinston Churchill
IllustratorHoward Chandler Christy
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherThe Macmillan Company
Publication date
1901
Publication placeUS
Media typePrint
Pages522
Preceded byRichard Carvel 
Followed byThe Crossing 

The Crisis is an historical novel published in 1901 by the American novelist Winston Churchill.[1] It was the best-selling book in the United States in 1901. The novel is set in the years leading up to the first battles of the American Civil War, mostly in the divided state of Missouri. It follows the fortunes of young Stephen Brice, a man with Union and abolitionist sympathies, and his involvement with a Southern family.

  1. ^ Mabie, Hamilton W. (1 June 1901). "THE CRISIS."; A Story of the Civil War by the Author of "Richard Carvel", The New York Times