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A Short History of Reconstruction

by Eric Foner

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.

Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule (Jean Karl Books)

Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule (Jean Karl Books)

by Harriette Robinet

Winner of the 1999 Scott O'Dell Award A Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies Maybe nobody gave freedom, and nobody could take it away like they could take away a family farm. Maybe freedom was something you claimed for yourself. Like other ex-slaves, Pascal and his older brother Gideon have been promised forty acres and maybe a mule. With the family of friends they have built along the... (more)

Reconstruction : America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (New American Nation Series)

Reconstruction : America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (New American Nation Series)

by Eric Foner

This "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" ( New Republic ) made history when it was originally published in 1988. It redefined how Reconstruction was viewed by historians and people everywhere in its chronicling of how Americans -- black and white -- responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. This "smart book of enormous strengths" (... (more)

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters... (more)

Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Inside Iraq's Green Zone

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. The Washington Post ’s former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us with him into the Zone: into a bubble, cut off from wartime realities, where the task of reconstructing a devastated nation... (more)

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory

by David W. Blight

No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race relations and America's national reunion. In 1865, confronted with a ravaged landscape and a torn America, the North and South... (more)

The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction

The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction

by Steven E. Woodworth

The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction brings alive this decisive period in American history by taking the reader beyond the realm of generals, presidents, and the other towering figures of history and introducing fourteen individuals who represent the variety of people who made up the great mass of the nation in the middle of the nineteenth century. Readers will meet women like LaSalle Pickett,... (more)

Reforging The White Republic: Race, Religion, And American Nationalism, 1865-1898 (Conflicting Worlds)

Reforging The White Republic: Race, Religion, And American Nationalism, 1865-1898 (Conflicting Worlds)

by Edward J. Blum

During Reconstruction, former abolitionists in the North had a golden opportunity to pursue true racial justice and permanent reform in America. But why, after the sacrifice made by thousands of Civil War patriots to arrive at this juncture, did the moment slip away, leaving many whites throughout the North and South more racist than before? Edward J. Blum takes a fresh look at this question in Reforging the White... (more)

Union & Emancipation: Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era

Union & Emancipation: Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era

by David W. Blight

Focusing on the period from the antebellum era to the aftermath of Reconstruction, these collected essays examine the dual themes of union and emancipation. The authors look at how the Civil War redefined the nature of the "political" and of "citizenship".

Betrayed! (Aladdin Historical Fiction)

by Patricia Calvert

Some men aren't meant for safe pastures. Home cooking, a warm bed, family -- all these things Tyler's father, Black Jack Bohannon, gave up for an unknown destiny. Now, at fourteen, Tyler is following in his father's footsteps. He's leaving his comfortable home in Sweet Creek, Missouri, for the frontier of the unsettled West. Luckily he's not going alone. Isaac Peerce, Tyler's best friend and a newly freed... (more)

Canaan: A Novel of the Reunited States after the War

Canaan: A Novel of the Reunited States after the War

by Donald McCaig

A saga of post-Civil War America, from the defeat of the Confederacy to the Battle of Little Bighorn. Canaan fills a vast canvas stretching north, south, and west from Appomattox. Its points of reference are Richmond in the throes of Reconstruction; the trading floors of Wall Street, where men who did not fight the war make fortunes speculating on its consequences; a Virginia plantation—familiar to readers of... (more)

Slavery and the Making of America

by James Oliver Horton

The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first Africans brought to... (more)

The Reconstruction Justice of Salmon P. Chase: In Re Turner and Texas v. White

The Reconstruction Justice of Salmon P. Chase: In Re Turner and Texas v. White

by Harold Melvin Hyman

The demise of the Confederacy left a legacy of legal arrangements that raised fundamental and vexing questions regarding the legal rights and status of former slaves and the status of former Confederate states. As Harold Hyman shows, few individuals had greater impact on resolving these difficult questions than Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1865 to 1873. Hyman argues... (more)

Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment (Brown Thrasher Books)

Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment (Brown Thrasher Books)

by Willie Lee Nichols Rose, Jethro Koller Lieberman

Seven months into the Civil War, a Union fleet sailed into South Carolina's Port Royal Sound, landed a ground force, and then made its way upriver to Beaufort. Planters and farmers fled before their attackers, leaving possessions and slaves. This is the story from that time until Reconstruction.

Rip It!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams

Rip It!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams

by Elissa K. Meyrich

Why spend tons of money on humdrum designer duds when it's possible to revamp a piece you already own to create a guaranteed original that looks, fits, and feels just the way it should? Rip It! shows how simple and fun it can be to transform a tired wardrobe into hip, one-of-a-kind new looks without spending a dime. Elissa Meyrich, owner and teacher at the popular New York sewing boutique Sew Fast Sew Easy,... (more)

Altered Clothing: Hip Fixes and Transformations with a Needle and Thread (Domestic Arts for Crafty Girls)

Altered Clothing: Hip Fixes and Transformations with a Needle and Thread (Domestic Arts for Crafty Girls)

by Kathleen Maggio

A treasure for sewers, crafters, and creative fashionistas. Sewing, like all of domestic arts, is experiencing a renaissance of interest, especially for the "DIY Generation". This new and growing group strives for individuality and the satisfaction of wearing custom garments that make a personal statement. Altered Clothing is a collection of ideas and projects that provide the resources and inspiration for... (more)

America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War

America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War

by Eric Foner

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition produced by the Valentine Museum and the Virginia Historical Society, and including nearly 300 images from the collection, AMERICA'S RECONSTRUCTION examines how black and white Southerners responded to the eradication of slavery, analyzes Reconstruction governments and the reasons for their demise, and more. 119 halftones. 13 color photos .

A year in the South, 1865 : the true story of four ordinary people who lived through the most tumultuous twelve months in American history

A year in the South, 1865 : the true story of four ordinary people who lived through the most tumultuous twelve months in American history

by Stephen V. Ash

A slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation. Between January and December 1865, these four people witnessed, from very different vantage... (more)

Captain of the Planter : the story of Robert SmallsDorothy Sterling

Captain of the Planter : the story of Robert Smalls

by Dorothy Sterling

A more perfect Union: The impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the Constitution (Sentry edition ; 83)Harold Melvin Hyman

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by Eric Foner

by Harriette Robinet

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by Margaret Mitchell

Inside Iraq's Green Zone

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

by David W. Blight

by Steven E. Woodworth

by Edward J. Blum

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by Patricia Calvert

by Donald McCaig

by James Oliver Horton

by Harold Melvin Hyman

by Willie Lee Nichols Rose, Jethro Koller Lieberman

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by Eric Foner

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by Dorothy Sterling

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