Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) Section - Abe Biography this lavishly illustrated volume pairs

this lavishly illustrated volume pairs original photographs and paintings with the prints made from them

He resurrects the variety of African-American voices and memories of the war and the efforts to preserve the emancipationist legacy in the midst of a culture built on its denial

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Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) Section - Abe Biography this lavishly illustrated volume pairsby Elizabeth D. Leonard Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from childhood destitution to wealth and profound influence in state and national halls of