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…
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- Full title :Jefferson Davis, unconquerable heart / Felicity Allen.
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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.
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- Publication Date:©1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Missouri Press
- Place of Publication:Columbia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xx, 809 pages) : : illustrations, maps.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0826260004, 9780826260000
- oclc:ocm57417681
- LC Classification:E467.1.D26
- Dewey Decimal:973.7/13/092
Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgments; Editorial Note; I Capture; II Home; I II School; IV Army; V Marriage; VI Plantation and Politics; VII Fame; V I II United States Senator; IX Victory in Defeat; X War Department Days; XI Struggles for Health and the South; XII President; XIII The Chief Executive; XIV Commander in Chief; XV The Year of Our Lord 1863; XVI Double- quick Downhill; XVII Prisoners; XVIII An Unseen Hand; XIX Varina; XX Sad Wandering; XXI The Cause; XXII The Hero; XXIII Afterward; Appendix A J.E. Johnston to J. Davis, on Rank; Appendix B Proclamations by Davis for Days of Prayer.
Appendix C Devotional Material Used by Davis in PrisonPreface to the Notes; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.
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