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For younger readers

Mettger, Zak. Reconstruction: America After the Civil War. Dutton, 1994. Firsthand accounts, for readers in grades 5 to 8.

Ziff, Marsha. Reconstruction Following the Civil War in American History. Enslow, 1999. For middle school and high school readers.

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Foner, Eric. Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution. HarperCollins, 1988. An important general study on the topic; an abridged version published in 1990 as A Short History of Reconstruction.

McPherson, James. Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2000. Written by a leading historian of the Civil War period.

Richter, William. The ABC-CLIO Companion to American Reconstruction, 1862-1877. ABC-CLIO, 1996. Literature guide and dictionary of people, events, and legislation that shaped the period.

Simpson, Brooks D. The Reconstruction Presidents. University Press of Kansas, 1998. Surveys four administrations that faced the challenge of reuniting the nation.

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