This is a nonfiction book that helps students understand the time after the Civil War. This is a primary source document book. It is a book that is easier for students to read and understand history better.
This is a book about the civil war which leads to Reconstruction. In this book it is 1863 and as the students read the book they get to choose the path. With this book they can read it multiple times and never have the same story.
This is a college level text book and could be hard for some students to be able to understand. He is the leading historian in Reconstruction, so you have to have him in the collection.