Carpetbagger of Conscience - A Biography of John Emory Bryant

About the author

Ruth Douglas Currie is Professor of History and Political Science at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. She is the author of Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (Fordham).

Summary

This text looks at the life of John Emory Bryant, a veteran of the Civil War who became a Carpetbagger in Georgia during the reconstruction era. It looks at his life in the army, and his work with the Freedman's Bureau, an organization designed to protect and assist newly freed slaves.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Currie, Ruth Currie-Mcdaniel
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2017
• EAN: 9780823219384
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-1938-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 379 g
• Series: Reconstructing America; Reconstructing America (Paperb; Reconstructing America
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies