"Authors Thomas and Debra Goodrich explore this tumultuous period of antebellum history in The Day Dixie Died. The narrative's "you-are-there" approach engages the reader with stories of real people and their experiences. Starting with Lincoln's assassination and continuing through the harsh realities of occupation throuth the summer of 1866, the authors trace the history of reconstruction in the south - the death, destruction, crime, starvation, exile, and anarchy that pervaded those grim years...."