Analyzes the post-Civil War era of Emancipation and Reconstruction with an emphasis on discovering the larger political and cultural meaning for contemporary America of the lives of the newly freed slaves and the rise of the Ku Klux K...

“Gripping and essential.”—Jesse Wegman, New York Times\n\nAn authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments...

For almost four decades, Eric Foner, one of America's most distinguished historians, has introduced readers of his journalism to unknown or forgotten characters in American history, methodically unearthing the hidden history of Americ...

The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use...

'Exhilarating . . . strikes a balance between the personal and the abstract.'—Edward Rothstein, New York Times "These eloquent, compelling essays show why Lincoln was a man of his time and a man for all time. There is no bette...