This Pulitzer Prize-winning book chronicles the political and social events of the United States from 1850 to 1877, exploring the causes and effects of the Civil War, and the Reconstruction era. Rhodes uses primary sources to provide a detailed and balanced narrative of this pivotal period in American history.

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