A Year in the South: 1865
The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 11, 2004
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Four lives offer an intimate view of the upheaval that reshaped the South in 1865.
- Themes
- Slavery and emancipation, Reconstruction and social change, Daily life amid wartime upheaval
- Genres
- Civil War Era, 19th-Century America, Black History
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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 points, the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South.
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Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives, their fears and hopes, and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail -- telling a dramatic story of real people in a time of great upheaval and offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in history.
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Four lives offer an intimate view of the upheaval that reshaped the South in 1865.
Come here for
- Civil War history seen from sharply different vantage points
- Daily lives shaped by emancipation and reconstruction
Expect
- Vivid detail about fears, hopes, and frustrations
- A contemplative narrative of a pivotal year
Where it sits
| Civil War Era | 99% |
|---|---|
| Black History | 24% |
| 19th-Century America | 19% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
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- Lives in History
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- U.S. History
- Colonial America (to 1775)
- Revolutionary America (1775-1800)
- Civil War Era
- Authors
- Stephen V. Ash
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 11, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Slavery and emancipation · Reconstruction and social change · Daily life amid wartime upheaval
- Reading lane
- Lives in History