Blueprint for Modern America: Nonmilitary Legislation of the First Civil War Congress. By Leonard P. Curry. Published 1968 by Vanderbilt University Press. Hardcover, no dj, index, 302 pp., 8vo. An examination of the 37th Congress which sat from 1861-1863 and its accomplishments, including the Homestead Act and a national currency. Condition: Ex-Libris exterior and interior markings. Book is complete and intact, with solid binding. Cover is in good to very good condition with sunned spine. Interior pages are in very good condition.