William Warren Rogers Jr. is professor of history at the University of North Georgia. He is author of A Scalawag in Georgia: Richard Whiteley and the Politics of Reconstruction, Confederate Home Front: Montgomery during the Civil War, and Black Belt Scalawag: Charles Hays and the Southern Republicans in the Era of Reconstruction.

“I enjoyed reading this detailed, informative, and lively account of Alabama’s Reconstruction saga. Rogers’s dedication shows." —Ben H. Severance, author of A War State All Over: Alabama Politics and the Confederate Cause"William Warren Rogers Jr. has redeemed a critical period of Alabama history too long distorted by racist Bourbon mythology. Prodigiously researched, nicely paced, and evenly balanced, "Reconstruction Politics in a Deep South State" is a landmark study." —John S. Sledge, author The Mobile River, These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War, and The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History