Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780190674120 |
ISBN 10 | 0190674121 |
Author | Michael A Ross |
Language | English |
Book Description | In this stunning work of historical recreation, Michael Ross uses a kidnapping investigation and trial that electrified the South in the summer of 1870 to offer important new insights into the complexities and possibilities of the Reconstruction era. |
About the Author | Michael A. Ross is Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He is the author of the prize-winning Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era. Read more |
Publication Date | 2017-09-01 |
Number of Pages | 320 pages |
The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era