REDEMPTION The Last Battle of the Civil War

Terrorists deprive thousands of Americans of rights guaranteed them in the Constitution. This is not the musing of an apocalyptic novelist, but a nonfiction work by a historian. It explores the Reconstruction movement in the American South following the Civil War and the efforts by white extremists and sympathetic politicians to deprive newly freed slaves from enjoying the freedom and political rights codified in amendments to the Constitution. Michael Prichard is solid as the reader, but his accent is more Northern and seems less well suited to this Southern story. Nonetheless, the clarity of his voice makes it easy to follow the narrative. The need to cite sources slows down the reading a little. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 07]