The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People 
Subtitle: To 1877
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill College
Published: December 1992
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780070078710
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.