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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Allen, Felicity, 1924-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©1999.
Collection:Shades of blue and gray series.
Sujets:
Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889.
Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889
Presidents > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Présidents > États confédérés d'Amérique > Biographies.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Presidents
Statesmen
Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
Biographies
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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