Rutherford B. Hayes

by Debbie Levy

Presents the life and political career of the nineteenth president of the United States, who officially ended the Reconstruction.

112 pages, Library Binding

First published June 6, 2006

About the author

Debbie Levy is the author of more than thirty books for young people, including the New York Times bestselling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark; A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight Over Science in Schools; This Promise of Change (with Jo Ann Boyce); The Year of Goodbyes; and Becoming RBG. Debbie is the recipient of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, Sydney Taylor Award, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other honors. Before she started writing books for young people, she worked as a newspaper editor and a lawyer.

Reviews

[Gerald Greene · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was interested in the man who approved of the compromise of 1877 that gave birth to Jim Crow in the south. This book is a good overview of the man and his family.