Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Southern States Since the War
Robert Somers · 2022
76/100
👍 Worth It
A genuinely rare artifact — a Scottish journalist's on-the-ground account of the Reconstruction South published in 1871, now validated by academic reissue with a scholarly introduction. It carries the racial attitudes of its era and reads more like journalism than narrative history, but as a primary source it earns its place on a serious reader's shelf.
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substance82
craft62
originality88
accuracy78
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Penny’s verdict76
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