Henry W. Grady earned national acclaim for his work as a newspaperman and his tireless efforts to develop a new and better South after the Civil War. He set a model for reporters in his thorough and resourceful coverage of events such as the Hayes-Tilden election dispute in Florida in 1876 and the Charleston earthquake in 1886. He served a public need through his interpretive and insightful accounts political and economic affairs, especially in the South. He pioneered in the development of the now-popular interview technique. Through his work as managing editor, he helped develop the Atlanta Constitution as the South's standard newspaper. Most important, through the columns of the Constitution and the lecture halls of New York and Boston, he advocated national reconciliation through the development of a New South Based on industry and diversification of agriculture. Although the New South he envisioned did not come into full bloom...