by Tonya Bolden
PRMS hardcover 121 pages
genre: non-fiction, history
I feel so ignorant of history! This was an interesting book about the period just after the Civil War. It is a bit disconcerting to think of what the Republicans and Democrats stood for at that point in U.S. history. It was also a very stark reminder that our country had some very serious problems (and that our modern view of things getting really bad is perhaps a bit skewed). It makes me sad to read about some of the ugly things done and to imagine what it would have been like to live (especially in the south) during that era. "Andrew Johnson" has never been a very key president in my mind, but his leadership definitely impacted our country in a powerful way. I can't help but wonder how things would have been different had Lincoln remained in office.
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