About the Author

Carl H. Moneyhon is professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. His books include Republicanism in Reconstruction Texas (Texas A & M, 1980), Arkansas and the New South (Arkansas, 1997), and Historical Atlas of Arkansas (Oklahoma, 1992). With Bobby Roberts, he is series editor of the Civil War photography series Portraits of Conflict (Arkansas).

Reviews

"Its smooth narrative style and revisionist interpretations of such key topics as slavery, emancipation, and Radical Reconstruction will guarantee it a place as a standard history of an important, if often slighted, state. . . . Moneyhon's discussion of the war years is one of the best short treatments available for any southern state." —Arkansas Historical Quarterly "A major contribution to nineteenth-century historiography." —American Historical Review "Students of both southern and national history will welcome Moneyhon's study. The research is sound, and excellent maps and informative tables enhance the text." —Southwestern Historical Quarterly

"Intriguing. . . . [Moneyhon] has tendered a penetrating portrait of Arkansas based on a wide variety of primary sources, some of which have been ignored entirely or little used. His narrative style is crisp and inviting, and his careful analysis . . . is perceptive and convincing." —Journal of American History