| The Bloody Shirt: Terror After the Civil War Contributor(s): Budiansky, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452290163 ISBN-13: 9780452290167 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: In his vivid, fast-paced narrative of the era now known as reconstruction, Budiansky illuminates the lives of five remarkable men, whose idealism in the face of overwhelming hatred would not be matched for nearly a century. 8-page b&w photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 975.04 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.46" W x 8.38" (0.71 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Effective in showing the sheer depth and virulence of white supremacy in the South . . . This book and the story it tells should keep us vigilant at protecting our political rights, rendered sacred in the blood of Reconstruction, and beyond."--The New York Sun A gripping look at terrorist violence during the Reconstruction era Between 1867, when the defeated South was forced to establish new state governments that fully represented both black and white citizens, and 1877, when the last of these governments was overthrown, more than three thousand African Americans and their white allies were killed by terrorist violence. Drawing on original letters and diaries as well as published racist diatribes of the time, acclaimed historian Stephen Budiansky concentrates his vivid, fast paced narrative on the efforts of five heroic men--two Union officers, a Confederate general, a Northern entrepreneur, and a former slave--who showed remarkable idealism and courage as they struggled to establish a New South in the face of overwhelming hatred and organized resistance. The Bloody Shirt sheds new light on the violence, racism, division, and heroism of Reconstruction, a largely forgotten but epochal chapter in American history. |