{"product_id":"a-year-in-the-south-1865-the-true-story-of-four-ordinary-people-who-lived-through-the-most-tumultuous-twelve-months-in-american-history-9780060582487","title":"A Year in the South: 1865: The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History","description":"\u003cp\u003eA slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween January and December 1865, these four people witnessed, from very different vantage points, the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South. Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives, their fears and hopes, and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail -- telling a dramatic story of real people in a time of great upheaval and offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsh, Stephen V.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stephen V. Ash is Professor of History at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of several books on the Civil War, including \u003cem\u003eWhen the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives with his wife in Knoxville, Tennessee.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409406071058,"sku":"9780060582487","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_98064cd2-1b5d-47a0-819d-2a8496826d21.jpg?v=1729286469","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-year-in-the-south-1865-the-true-story-of-four-ordinary-people-who-lived-through-the-most-tumultuous-twelve-months-in-american-history-9780060582487","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}