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Pulitzer Prize winner Foner (history, Columbia Univ.; The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery) collects 56 of his essays, commentaries, and book reviews. He divides his book into six parts: "Slavery and Antislavery", "The Civil War and Reconstruction", "Jim Crow in America", "The Movement", "The Imperfect Democracy", and "History, Memory, Historians". Foner writes that this collection sheds light on his evolution as a historian. Many essay...Log In or Sign Up to Read More