Dueling in the Old South

Dueling in the Old South PDF Author: Jack Kenny Williams
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890961933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Book Description
This history of the social custom of pistol dueling in the antebellum South documents the rules for its conduct, its causes, and its typical participants. Also included is a popular dueling code from the year 1838 by John Lyde Wilson, one-time governer of South Carolina.--From publisher description.