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Rise And Fall Of The Confederate Government
Volume 1
Häftad, 1990
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
278 kr
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A decade after his release from federal prison, the 67-year-old Jefferson Davis,ex-president of the Confederacy, the "Southern Lincoln," popularly regarded as a martyr to the Confederate cause,began work on his monumental Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government . Motivated partially by his …
Rise And Fall Of The Confederate Government
Volume 2
Häftad, 1990
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
290 kr
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A decade after his release from Federal prison, the 67-year-old Jefferson Davis,ex-President of the Confederacy, the "Southern Lincoln," popularly regarded as a martyr to the Confederate cause,began work on his monumental Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. Motivated partially by his …
Jefferson Davis
Av Jefferson Davis, Hudson Strode
Häftad, 1995
262 kr
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This fascinating collection of intimate letters from and to Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) illuminates the character and personality of the President of the Confederacy. These letters (the majority appearing fully in print for the first time) range widely over one of the most turbulent periods in …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
June 1841-July 1846
Inbunden, 1975
1793 kr
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The five-year period from 1841 to 1846 saw the beginning of Jefferson Davis' political career. In this, the second volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, the documents cover Davis' unsuccessful race for the state legislature, his selection as a Democratic state elector, his marriage to Varina …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
1808-1840
Av Jefferson Davis, Lynda Lasswell Crist m. fl.
Inbunden, 1971
1793 kr
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Much of Jefferson Davis' life and career has been obscured in controversy and misinterpretation. This full, carefully annotated edition will make it possible for scholars to reassess the man who served as President of the Confederacy and who in the aftermath of war became the symbolic leader of the …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
1849-1852
Inbunden, 1983
1746 kr
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In Volume 4 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, which covers the years 1849 to 1852, Davis had clearly chosen politics ar his life's work. He relished in his role as Mississippi's senior senator and willingly assumed the responsibility of being a national spokesman for the South. This period also saw …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
1853-1855
Inbunden, 1985
1740 kr
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The fifth volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis presents 9,000 of the approximately 21,000 known Davis letters, papers, and speeches from the years 1853 through 1855, when Davis served as secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce. Most of the documents are included in summary form in an …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
1856-1860
Inbunden, 1989
1740 kr
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Volume 6 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, spanning the five crucial years before 1861, chronicles Davis' last year as secretary of war and his return to the Senate, capstone of his long career of public service to the United States. Volume 6 includes 116 letters printed in full with annotation, a …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
1862
Inbunden, 1995
1793 kr
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Volume 8 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis brings the Confederate president to the second year of the War Between the States and shows that during 1862 Davis was almost completely overwhelmed by military matters. Indeed, early that year, in an address to the Confederate Congress, he admitted that in …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
January-September 1863
Inbunden, 1997
1793 kr
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The New Year . . . comes in auspiciously for us, Jefferson Davis proclaimed in January, 1863, and indeed there were grounds for optimism within the Confederacy. By September, however, various hopes for ending the confi‚ict with the North had given way to the harsh realities of a prolonged war, …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
October 1863-August 1864
Inbunden, 1999
1793 kr
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The autumn of 1863 was a trying time for Jefferson Davis. Even as he expressed unwavering confidence about the eventual success of the Confederate movement, he had to realise that mounting economic problems, low morale, and rotating army leadership were threatening the welfare of the new nation. …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
September 1864-May 1865
Inbunden, 2003
1954 kr
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During the last nine months of the Civil War, virtually all of the news reports and President Jefferson Davis's correspondence confirmed the imminent demise of the Confederate States, the nation Davis had striven to uphold since 1861. But despite defeat after defeat on the battlefield, a …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
June 1865-December 1870
Inbunden, 2008
1793 kr
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Being powerless to direct the current, I can only wait to see whither it runs, wrote Jefferson Davis to his wife, Varina, on October 11, 1865, five months after the victorious United States Army took him prisoner. Indeed, in the tumultuous years immediately after the Civil War, Davis found himself …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
1871-1879
Inbunden, 2012
1740 kr
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Volume 13 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows the former president of the Confederacy as he becomes head of the Carolina Life Insurance Company of Memphis and attempts to gain a financial foothold for his newly reunited family. Having lost everything in the Civil War and spent two years …
Papers of Jefferson Davis
1880-1889
Inbunden, 2015
1740 kr
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The final volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows the former president of the Confederacy through the completion of his two monumental works on the history of the Confederate States of America. In the first, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881), Davis sought to recast the …
Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings
Av Jefferson Davis, William J. Cooper
Häftad, 2004
258 kr
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Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle
Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom''s Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
Av Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
63 kr
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Like no other event in our history, the Civil War divided the nation, redrew our notions of freedom and citizenship, and provided the backdrop for some of the most enduring works in the American literary canon. This Modern Library eBook bundle collects five titles that illuminate that …
Abraham Lincoln and Boston Corbett, With Personal Recollections of Each
Av Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
378 kr
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Abraham Lincoln and Boston Corbett, With Personal Recollections of Each
Av Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
191 kr
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Speeches of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, Delivered During the Summer of 1858
Inbunden, 2022
367 kr
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Speeches of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, Delivered During the Summer of 1858
Häftad, 2022
191 kr
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