num_pages: 544
description: An essential work on the Civil War period, this classic of Reconstruction scholarship challenges the longstanding myth of Andrew Johnson as misunderstood statesman, revealing him as a small-minded, vindictive, and stubborn man, whose rigid determination to defy Northern majority opinion thwarted the post-war reunion of North and South.
language: English
title: Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction
titlecomplete: Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction
characters: Andrew Johnson
genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 29
awards: awardedAt: -315590400000
name: John H. Dunning Prize in American History
publisher: Oxford University Press