Title: Neglected history
Product review: I first heard of this book while watching a documentary about Reconstruction on TV, for which the Goodrichs were expert commentators. The TV show was interesting but "politically correct" in every detail. This book, however, is much more valuable as a guide to the true turmoil, violence, and upheaval that were the lot of the South in the years following the Civil War. I have read a great deal of Civil War history, but this is one of the few books that has brought me new knowledge in a dramatic, immediate and evenhanded way. From the desperation of librated and abandoned slaves to the bitterness behind the formation of the Ku Klux [...], "The Day Dixie Died" is an invaluable addition to a neglected chapter of American history.
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