Letters and Politics

Volatile Times: The Political History of the Civil War Part III

The Reconstruction Amendments and How They’ve Created Our Political World Today.

Guest: Eric Foner, the DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. His book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.

Playlist

Artist Song Album Label
Herbie HancockFat Mama (Remastered Album Version)Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. RecordingsRhino/Warner Bros.
New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra/Paavo BerglundSerenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48: I. Pezzo in forma di sonatinaTchaikovsky - Dvorak: String Serenades

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