Doesn't suit? No problem! You can return within 30 days
You won't go wrong with a gift voucher. The gift recipient can choose anything from our offer.
30-day return policy
In wide-ranging essays on the American Civil War, and the South, "an extremely good writer" (Boston Globe) explores the sources of the nation's and his own history. In the title essay, Edward L. Ayers offers a fresh perspective on the United States' central historical event and in his essay on Reconstruction the attempts to rebuild the South have implications for our own time.