Morris, Roy

Argues that illegal maneuvers by Republicans robbed the 1876 presidential election from New York democrat Samuel J. Tilden and gave it to Rutherford B. Hayes; and discusses the election's effect on race relations.

Discusses the political competition of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas with a biographical examination of the two drastically different personalities that came to the forefront of U.S. politics in the mid-nineteenth century and shaped the nation as they competed for office before the outbreak of the Civil War.

Explores the Civil War years of American poet Walt Whitman, sharing the story of how he left New York to travel to Fredricksburg to tend to his wounded brother and found a new purpose visiting with and caring for injured soldiers for the duration of the war; and discussing the impact of his experiences on his later writing style.