The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America by Edward L. Ayers

The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America

Edward L. Ayers

640 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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At the crux of America’s history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slavery in the modern world, followed by a political reconstruction in which new constitutions established the fund...

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