Yankee Stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the Freedmen

William S. McFeely, William Shield MacFeely

Yale University Press, 1968 - Freedmen - 351 pages

The story of a Civil War promise made to slaves-and broken.

About the author

McFeely has written the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Grant, as well as other important works of history. He lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Yankee Stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the Freedmen; Issue 15 of Yale publications in American studies
• Authors: William S. McFeely, William Shield MacFeely
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 1968
• ISBN: 0300003153, 9780300003154
• Length: 351 pages