The South during Reconstruction, 1865-1877 de Coulter, E. Merton - 1947

(Baton Rouge, LA): LSU Press, 1947. First edition, Vol. VIII in the "History of the South" series. 8vo. xii, (4), 426 pp. Illustrated from old engravings, paintings, line drawings, etc., plates, maps, one double-page. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in 1951; historian Bell Wiley's copy, with his ownership signature on the front endpaper. Laid in is a carbon-copy of a 17-page typed essay by Coulter (written about 1953), signed by him at the end and with a number of manuscript corrections, titled "Some Reviewers Reviewed," accompanied by a 1965 typed note signed from Coulter to Wiley forwarding the essay, a lengthy response to critical reviews of the book written by John Hope Franklin and others (charging "deliberately preverting [sic] facts and dealing in biased judgments and interpretations"), never published in full; Emory holds a ribbon-copy of the essay, which ends "Finally I am wondering if it can be true that Professor [Howard K.] Beale and Professor Franklin have really deluded themselves into thinking that they have been unbiased, objective, and fair in their reviews of my Reconstruction book. I can not bring myself to think so." The book and all other material in very good condition. Original gilt-stamped cloth. (#8201).