1865-1877

Set in Mississippi during the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Sartoris family, who with their code of personal responsibility and courage, stands for the best of the Old South's traditions.

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of the United States presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant.

Researches the character of slavery, new freedom and racial relationships on both African-Americans and whites of the Reconstruction period.

Fourteen-year-old Stella, orphaned just after the Civil War, fights to keep her family's plantation and fulfill her father's desire to turn land over to the people who have worked on it for generations, but first she must find her father's hidden deed and will.

Examines the origins of Reconstruction during the Civil War, explores how African-American and white Southerners responded to defeat and the destruction of slavery, and examines the policies of Reconstruction governments and the reasons for their overthrow.

A study of President Johnson's public life and achievements as the man who succeeded Lincoln to the presidency in a time of political upheaval.

Chronicles how Americans responded to the changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery.