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Description edit
An abridged version of Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, the definitive study of the aftermath of the Civil War, winner of the Bancroft Prize, Avery O. Craven Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Award, Francis Parkman Prize, and Lionel Trilling Prize.
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Characters/People edit
- Andrew Johnson: Add a description of this character.
- Grant
- Lincoln
- Hayes
- Greeley
- Thaddeus Stevens
- Howard
- Harper
- Wendell Phillips
- Charles Sumner
- William W. Holden
- Stanton
- Davis Bend
- Butler
- Henry Wilson
- Edward Atkinson
- George W. Julian
- William H. Trescot
- Chamberlain
- John Sherman
- John R. Lynch
- Frederick Douglass
Setting & Locations edit
- South Carolina
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Georgia
- Alabama
- North Carolina
- West Virginia
- East Tennessee
- Washington
- Texas
- Florida
- Arkansas
- New York City
- America
- Charleston
- United States
- Maryland
- White House
- Richmond
- Massachusetts
- Klan
- Pennsylvania
- New England
- Ohio
- Presidential Reconstruction
- Northern
- Illinois
- Chicago
- Philadelphia
- New Orleans
- Savannah
- Missouri
- Kentucky
- Union
- Memphis
- Vicksburg
- Trumbull
- California
- Cincinnati
- Atlanta
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Natchez
First Sentence edit
On January 1, 1863, after a winter storm swept up the east coast of the United States, the sun rose in a cloudless sky over Washington, D.C.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Eric Foner (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0060964316
Page Count: 297
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0060964316
Page Count: 297
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.8
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Reconstruction
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War
- Books › History › World
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