Four presidents faced with the daunting task of trying to reunite a nation torn apart by the Civil War. This is the first text to look at the reconstruction policies of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes in terms of their political, social and institutional contexts. Brooks D. Simpson compares how the four leaders handled similar policies and situations. | The Reconstruction Presidents by Brooks D. Simpson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters