This classic survey of one of the most dramatic eras in American
history is most notable, perhaps, for the insight it offers into
the mindset of the era itself. First published from 1893 through
1906, in the immediate aftermath of the events it covers, it was
criticized even then for the author's clear bias-Rhodes believed it
was a mistake to have given black men the right to vote after the
Civil War. Today, it remains a fascinating look at the times
through a prism that is itself of historical interest. This
eight-volume set is a replica of the 1920 "new" edition. Volume II
covers: the Know-nothing movement the Underground Railroad civil
war in Kansas the Dred Scott case "A house divided against itself
cannot stand" John Brown's raid Jefferson Davis Lincoln's Cooper
Institute speech American culture in the 1850s Lincoln's election
and much more. After earning a fortune in iron, coal, and steel,
American author JAMES FORD RHODES (1848-1927) retired to write
about history, for which he won the Loubat Prize from the Berlin
Academy of Sciences (1901) and the gold medal from the National
Institute of Arts and Letters (1910). He is also the author of the
single-volume History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 (1918), available
from Cosimo.
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