Jefferson Davis, unconquerable heart
The author begins the story "with Davis's political imprisonment at the end of the Civil War and ... flashes back to his earlier life, interweaving Davis's private life as a schoolboy, a Mississippi planter, a husband, a father, and a political leader. She follows him from West Point through army service on the frontier, his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, his regimental command in the Mexican War, his service as U.S. secretary of war and senator, and his term as president of the…
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Jefferson Davis, unconquerable heart / Felicity Allen.
Summary
The author begins the story "with Davis's political imprisonment at the end of the Civil War and ... flashes back to his earlier life, interweaving Davis's private life as a schoolboy, a Mississippi planter, a husband, a father, and a political leader. She follows him from West Point through army service on the frontier, his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, his regimental command in the Mexican War, his service as U.S. secretary of war and senator, and his term as president of the Confederate States of America."--Jacket.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Missouri Press
- Place of Publication:Columbia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 809 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0826212190, 9780826212191
- oclc:ocm41977236
- LC Classification:E467.1.D26
- Dewey Decimal:B
Subjects
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Related Works
more →
Dar sāyah-i āftāb: yādhā va yāddāshthāʼī az zindagī-i Imām…
Raḥīmiyān, Muḥammad Ḥasan
Selected Black American authors: an illustrated bio-bibliography
Page, James A., (James Allen)
La sociologie: histoire, idées, courants
The memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr: first black bandmaster of the United St…
Adams, Alton A.
Files & Downloads
-
Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart -- (.pdf)
PDF · 5.6 MB · updated -
Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart -- (.pdf)
PDF · 53.8 MB · updated
Rate & Review