In this fascinating book, Hans L. Trefousse takes the full measure of Lincoln's reputation,drawin...

In Impeachment of a President, Hans L. Trefousse focuses on the causes of the failure to convict,...

One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is...

This reference book by well-known Reconstruction expert Trefousse will be of great use to scholar...

One hundred and forty years after his assassination on April 14, 1865, AbrahamLincoln towers more...

Politically shrewd but fatally unable to adapt to new political realities, Andrew Johnson preside...

The biography of Carl Schurz is a story of an amazing life. At the age of 19, Schurz, a student a...

A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacl...

'Born in Germany in 1829, Schurz became involved in the Revolution of 1848 when he was a student ...

In Impeachment of a President, Hans L. Trefousse focuses on the causes of the failure to convict,...