Author: Troy Cowan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781651037683
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book is the story of two brothers. One born in privilege and having a fine education. The other born in poverty and having to educate himself. Each brother became the president of a country fighting the other to maintain their conflicting ideologies.
Jefferson Davis' Brother:
Author: Troy Cowan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781651037683
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book is the story of two brothers. One born in privilege and having a fine education. The other born in poverty and having to educate himself. Each brother became the president of a country fighting the other to maintain their conflicting ideologies.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781651037683
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book is the story of two brothers. One born in privilege and having a fine education. The other born in poverty and having to educate himself. Each brother became the president of a country fighting the other to maintain their conflicting ideologies.
Brierfield
Author: Frank Edgar Everett, Jr.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781604733754
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The intriguing history of the home (and the family) from which Jefferson Davis was called to become the President of the Confederate States of America
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781604733754
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The intriguing history of the home (and the family) from which Jefferson Davis was called to become the President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis, American
Author: William J. Cooper
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375725423
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
From a distinguished historian of the American South comes this thoroughly human portrait of the complex man at the center of our nation's most epic struggle. Jefferson Davis initially did not wish to leave the Union—as the son of a veteran of the American Revolution and as a soldier and senator, he considered himself a patriot. William J. Cooper shows us how Davis' initial reluctance turned into absolute commitment to the Confederacy. He provides a thorough account of Davis' life, both as the Confederate President and in the years before and after the war. Elegantly written and impeccably researched, Jefferson Davis, American is the definitive examination of one of the most enigmatic figures in our nation's history.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375725423
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
From a distinguished historian of the American South comes this thoroughly human portrait of the complex man at the center of our nation's most epic struggle. Jefferson Davis initially did not wish to leave the Union—as the son of a veteran of the American Revolution and as a soldier and senator, he considered himself a patriot. William J. Cooper shows us how Davis' initial reluctance turned into absolute commitment to the Confederacy. He provides a thorough account of Davis' life, both as the Confederate President and in the years before and after the war. Elegantly written and impeccably researched, Jefferson Davis, American is the definitive examination of one of the most enigmatic figures in our nation's history.
Prison Life of Jefferson Davis, Embracing Details and Incidents in His Captivity, Particulars Concerning His Health and Habits, Together with Many Conversations on Topics of Great Public Interest
Author: John Joseph Craven
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Jefferson Davis
Author: William C. Davis
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807120798
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
A biography of Jefferson Davis: statesman, Mexican war hero, and President of the Confederate States of America.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807120798
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
A biography of Jefferson Davis: statesman, Mexican war hero, and President of the Confederate States of America.
River of Dark Dreams
Author: Walter Johnson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674074882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
River of Dark Dreams places the Cotton Kingdom at the center of worldwide webs of exchange and exploitation that extended across oceans and drove an insatiable hunger for new lands. This bold reaccounting dramatically alters our understanding of American slavery and its role in U.S. expansionism, global capitalism, and the upcoming Civil War.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674074882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
River of Dark Dreams places the Cotton Kingdom at the center of worldwide webs of exchange and exploitation that extended across oceans and drove an insatiable hunger for new lands. This bold reaccounting dramatically alters our understanding of American slavery and its role in U.S. expansionism, global capitalism, and the upcoming Civil War.
The Pursuit of a Dream
Author: Janet Sharp Hermann
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617032239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This fascinating history set in the Reconstruction South is a testament to African-American resilience, fortitude, and independence. It tells of three attempts to create an ideal community on the river bottom lands at Davis Bend south of Vicksburg. There Joseph Davis's effort to establish a cooperative community among the slaves on his plantation was doomed to fail as long as they remained in bondage. During the Civil War the Yankees tried with limited success to organize the freedmen into a model community without trusting them to manage their own affairs. After the war the intrepid Benjamin Montgomery and his family bought the land from Davis and established a very prosperous colony of their fellow freedmen. Their success at Davis Bend occurred when blacks were accorded the opportunity to pursue the American dream relatively free from the discrimination that prevailed in most of society. It is a story worthy of celebration. Janet Hermann writes here of two men--Joseph Davis, the slaveholder and brother of the president of the Confederacy, and Benjamin Montgomery, an educated freedman. In 1866 Montgomery began the experiment at Davis Bend. The Pursuit of a Dream, published in 1981, received the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the McLemore Prize of the Mississippi Historical Society, and the Silver Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Historical writing at its best . . . her research is impressive and is presented in balanced, ironic prose. --David Bradley, New York Times Book Review. A marvelous story for all readers with a taste for the ironies, the ambiguities, and the surprises of history. --C. Vann Woodward. Janet Sharp Hermann, a freelance writer and historian, is the author of Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch (University Press of Mississippi).
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617032239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This fascinating history set in the Reconstruction South is a testament to African-American resilience, fortitude, and independence. It tells of three attempts to create an ideal community on the river bottom lands at Davis Bend south of Vicksburg. There Joseph Davis's effort to establish a cooperative community among the slaves on his plantation was doomed to fail as long as they remained in bondage. During the Civil War the Yankees tried with limited success to organize the freedmen into a model community without trusting them to manage their own affairs. After the war the intrepid Benjamin Montgomery and his family bought the land from Davis and established a very prosperous colony of their fellow freedmen. Their success at Davis Bend occurred when blacks were accorded the opportunity to pursue the American dream relatively free from the discrimination that prevailed in most of society. It is a story worthy of celebration. Janet Hermann writes here of two men--Joseph Davis, the slaveholder and brother of the president of the Confederacy, and Benjamin Montgomery, an educated freedman. In 1866 Montgomery began the experiment at Davis Bend. The Pursuit of a Dream, published in 1981, received the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the McLemore Prize of the Mississippi Historical Society, and the Silver Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Historical writing at its best . . . her research is impressive and is presented in balanced, ironic prose. --David Bradley, New York Times Book Review. A marvelous story for all readers with a taste for the ironies, the ambiguities, and the surprises of history. --C. Vann Woodward. Janet Sharp Hermann, a freelance writer and historian, is the author of Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch (University Press of Mississippi).
They Wanted Lincoln Dead
Author: Troy Cowan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521091906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Edwin Stanton and Andrew Johnson planned Lincoln's assassination. One failed and the other was successful.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521091906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Edwin Stanton and Andrew Johnson planned Lincoln's assassination. One failed and the other was successful.
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
Author: Jefferson Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Jefferson Davis
Author: Varina Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description