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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973 EAN: 9780805086638 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0805086633 Label: Holt Paperbacks Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: September 04, 2007 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks Release Date: September 04, 2007 Studio: Holt Paperbacks Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: “Engaging . . . With a novelist’s eye for biographical detail, Epps has written an . . . enthralling book.”—David W. Blight, Chicago Tribune The last battle of the Civil War wasn’t fought at Appomattox by dashing generals or young soldiers but by middle-aged men in frock coats. Yet it was war all the same—a desperate struggle for the soul and future of the new American Republic that was rising from the ashes of Civil War. It was the battle that planted the seeds of democracy, under the bland heading “Amendment XIV.” Scholars call it the “Second Constitution.” Over time, the Fourteenth Amendment—which at last provided African Americans with full citizenship and prohibited any state from denying any citizen due process and equal protection under the law—changed almost every detail of our public life. Democracy Reborn tells the story of this desperate struggle, from the halls of Congress to the bloody streets of Memphis and New Orleans. Both a novelist and a constitutional scholar, Garrett Epps unfolds a powerful story against a panoramic portrait of America on the verge of a new era. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Excellent work. Part legislative history, part biography.Epps has written an outstanding work of biographical history centered around the villainy and political incompetence of Andrew Johnson and the colorful legislators and reformers who came together in the wake of the Civil War to fundamentally alter the US Constitution before the defeated South would have the chance to undo the North's military victory. Epps' book really does read like a novel and is easily accessible to readers unfamiliar with the general historical background. Read More Rating: - DEMOCRACY REBORNDEMOCRACY REBORN is insightful, vivid, startling in its argument for the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment, and absolutely convincing. Epps has used his skill as a novelist to make his narrative, his characterizations of historical figures, and his analysis fascinating and persuasive. He demonstrates how near the South came to reversing its defeat in the Civil War by means of political machinations that would have left it dominating the Congress and presumably the Presidency. DEMOCRACY REBORN ... Read More Rating: - Great BookThis book tells the story of the constitutional transformation wrought by the Civil War, culminating in the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. The focus of the book is on the time after Lincoln's assasination until Congress' passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to be ratified by the States. Although this time period, and the story told in the book, has been the focus of many scholarly articles and books, this appears to be the first treatment of the topic for a popular audience. Garrett ... Read More 
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