The new South and the Old West, 1866-1890 / McNeese, Tim

Explores through the efforts to reconstruct the ravaged South and the push to create new life in the promising land to the west of the Mississippi.

Depicts the post-war South and the Reconstruction period which failed to free the newly liberated blacks from white racism and describes the simultaneous migration and settling of the Old West which ultimately left thousands of Native Americans dispossessed and segregated. Includes color illustrations, maps, and photos and also presents a chronology, a timeline, a glossary, and an index.