Auteur: Gordon B. McKinney

In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confed …

In this comprehensive biography of the man who led North Carolina through the Civil War and, as a U.S. senator from 1878 to 1894, served as the state’s leading spokesman, Gordon Mc Kinney presents Ze …

"Excellent, readable, and absorbing history . . . gives us a better understanding of this compelling aspect of the Civil War." -Library Journal Families, communities, and the nation itself …

In the years immediately following the Civil War, the nation’s leaders called desperately for reform as they struggled to rebuild a society scarred by death and mass destruction. Recognizing America’ …

The mountaineer stereotype–violent people who preserve a traditional lifestyle and vote Republican–has been perpetuated through the years. Mc Kinney found that the impact of the Civil War and the a …

In the years immediately following the Civil War, the nation’s leaders called desperately for reform as they struggled to rebuild a society scarred by death and mass destruction. Recognizing America’ …

Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a …

In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confed …

In this comprehensive biography of the man who led North Carolina through the Civil War and, as a U.S. senator from 1878 to 1894, served as the state’s leading spokesman, Gordon Mc Kinney presents Ze …

The mountaineer stereotype–violent people who preserve a traditional lifestyle and vote Republican–has been perpetuated through the years. Mc Kinney found that the impact of the Civil War and the a …

This collection is the first comprehensive, cohesive volume to unite Appalachian history with its culture. Richard A. Straw and H. Tyler Blethen’s High Mountains Rising provides a clear, systematic, …