The Tragic Era: The Revolution After Lincoln

Claude G. Bowers

• Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9781774649435
• Subtopic: Political Biographies

''The Tragic Era'' is an essential work on Abe Lincoln and his times, which covers the period from the assassination of Lincoln to the election of Hayes in 1877. The true story of the twelve tragic years that followed the death of Lincoln should be entertaining. They were years of revolutionary turmoil, with the elemental passions predominant, and with broken bones and bloody noses among the fighting factionalists. The prevailing note was one of tragedy, though, as we shall see, there was an abundance of comedy. Never have American public men in responsible positions, directing the destiny of the Nation, been so brutal, hypocritical, and corrupt. The Constitution was treated as a door-mat which politicians and army officers wiped their feet after wading in the muck. Never has the Supreme Court been treated with such ineffable contempt, and never has that tribunal so often cringed before the clamor of the mob. So appalling is the picture of these revolutionary years that even historians have preferred to overlook many essential things. This is the detailed story of that tragic era.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Halftitle
• I. ‘The King is Dead; Long Live the King’
• II. Andrew Johnson: A Portrait
• III. With Chase Among the Ruins
• IV. Thaddeus Stevens: A Portrait
• V. ‘The War Goes On’
• VI. The Final Break
• VII. Patriots Mob a President
• VIII. The Revolution Hurries On
• IX. The Great American Farce
• X. Carpetbaggers and a Protest
• XI. A Passing Phase
• XII. Washington: The Social Background
• XIII. A Season of Scandal
• XIV. Weird Schemes and New Leaders
• XV. The Klan and the Kirk War
• XVI. Sumner’s Back to the Wall
• XVII. Land and Year of Jubilee
• XVIII. The Radical Ranks Break
• XIX. Degradation and Depression
• XX. The Slipping Scepter
• XXI. Military Satraps and Revolution
• XXII. The Falling of Rotten Fruit
• XXIII. The Year of the Centennial
• XXIV. The Red Shirts Ride
• XXV. The Crowning Crime — and Release
• Manuscripts, Books, and Newspapers Consulted and Cited
• Index