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LYNCH, JOHN R, Some Historical Errors of James Ford Rhodes.
n.p.: The Cornhill Publishing Company, 1922. (RECONSTRUCTION) First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of the author, one plate with photographic portraits. xx, 115pp. Original blue cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and upper board. A bright, fine copy. ΒΆ "I do not hesitate to assert that the Southern reconstructed governments were the best governments those states ever had before or have ever had since, statements and allegations made by Mr. Rhodes and some other historical writers to the contrary notwithstanding. It is not claimed that they were perfect, but they were a decided improvement on those they succeeded, and they were superior in every way to those which are representative of what Mr. Rhodes is pleased to term the restoration of home rule" (pp.87-88). Important work discussion the policies of Reconstruction and the subsequent erosion of Black voting rights in the South. With a chapter of pointed observations on the 1916 Presidential election: "but for the suppression of the colored vote in the South, [Judge C.E.] Hughes instead of Wilson would have been elected President in 1916"
Offered for US$ 225.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 34062