The Unfinished Nation 
Subtitle: A Concise History of the American People
Edition: 2 nd Edition edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: September 1996
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780079131829
First sentence: Few periods in the history of the United States have produced as much bitterness or created such enduring controversy as the era of Reconstruction-the years following the Civil War during which Americans attempted to reunite their shattered nation.