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America in the late 19th century looks a lot like the America of 2017, says Richard White, author of The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896.

In a 10-minute conversation with The Bookmonger, White discusses what drew him to write about "historical flyover country," why Reconstruction went so poorly, and whether President Lincoln might have made things turn out differently if he had lived past 1865.

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