1815-1861

African American twin brothers, one a slave on a Virginia plantation and one a free man in Pennsylvania, are reunited after years of separation when they accompany soldiers on opposing sides of the Civil War.

Presents excerpts from the correspondence between twelve-year-old William Pratt and President John Quincy who communicated between 1825 and 1827 on topics such as the government treaty with Creek Indians, Mr. Adams's close election and problems as president, slavery, and education.

Examines the causes of the Civil War, discussing rural economics in the early nineteenth century and looking at the role of slavery from various angles--Northern, Southern, and political.

Provides a chronological exploration of the political, cultural, and economic issues that influenced relations between the North and the South and caused the Civil War.

Explores the political atmosphere of the Jacksonian era, with discussion of Jackson's treatment of Native Americans, war against the Bank of the United States, responses to issues of tariff and internal improvements, and approach to the market revolution.

In 1963, pregnant seventeen-year-old Adie Jenkins is intrigued by the diary of a young slave girl who had three illegitimate children with her master; and after she gives birth, Adie starts to wonder if her midwife is the daughter of the woman who wrote the journal.

A companion novel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind," focusing on the life of the dashing Rhett Butler before and after he met Scarlett O'Hara.

Alphabetically arranged entries provide brief biographical profiles of important historical figures who shaped the debates over government during the Jacksonian era.