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Synopsis
First published in 1967, when local history was still viewed as less important than national history, Evans's work is now considered pioneering. He recounts the struggle to reshape the post-Civil War society of the lower Cape Fear River in North Carolina, the Confederacy's last outlet to the sea.
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"This work is a significant addition to the history of Reconstruction not only in the Lower Cape Fear but in North Carolina as a whole. Furthermore, it is the type of study which needs to be read by the synthesizers of the Reconstruction story at the national level. . . . A substantial, well-documented work which achieves through both style and scholarship the author's purpose of revealing a people and an area at a turning point in their history."--"Journal of Southern History"
"Brilliantly written . . . The study is a model in researching, writing, and interpreting local history."--"Journal of American History"
""Ballots and Fence Rails" deserves the much-abused designation 'classic.' It is an exemplary study that combines an acute analysis of the dynamics of Reconstruction with a richly textured portrait of a locale, its people, and its history--all accomplished with a fluidity and grace of presentation that only a few professional historians achieve."--Barbara J. Fields
This work is a significant addition to the history of Reconstruction not only in the Lower Cape Fear but in North Carolina as a whole. Furthermore, it is the type of study which needs to be read by the synthesizers of the Reconstruction story at the national level. . . . A substantial, well-documented work which achieves through both style and scholarship the author's purpose of revealing a people and an area at a turning point in their history.--"Journal of Southern History"
Brilliantly written . . . The study is a model in researching, writing, and interpreting local history.--"Journal of American History"
"Ballots and Fence Rails" deserves the much-abused designation 'classic.' It is an exemplary study that combines an acute analysis of the dynamics of Reconstruction with a richly textured portrait of a locale, its people, and its history--all accomplished with a fluidity and grace of presentation that only a few professional historians achieve.--Barbara J. Fields
About the Author
William McKee Evans is a professor of history emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is also the author of "To Die Game: The Story of the Lowry Band, Indian Guerillas of Reconstruction."
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