Author Steven Nash is well-versed on Zebulon Vance, and the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction when Vance became a U.S. Senator and political powerhouse in North Carolina. He wrote the book " Reconstruction's Ragged Edge: The Politics of Post-War Life in the Southern Mountains ". Nash was featured in the first of our two-part story on the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville. The East Tennessee State University professor spoke at length with BPR's Matt Bush about Vance's life and