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Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour
Drawing on many new sources, distinguished Civil War scholar William C. Davis here delves into the life of one of the most controversial public figures of the nineteenth century. He vividly details Davis' childhood in Mississippi, his military experience at West Point and on the western frontier, his brilliant record in the Mexican War, his stint as a hardworking secretary...more
Paperback, 816 pages
Published
April 28th 1996
by Louisiana State University Press
(first published October 1991)
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William C. Davis is one of my favorite authors. He writes well and with great insight into the events and people of the Civil War. In this biography, he makes a man most of us know only as the president of the Confederacy and a stern photograph a living person, one whom ultimately I felt I understood much better and held with some sympathy. The book of course covers his presidency and the Civil War, but doesn't stint on his life before or after, mathematically much more of his life. And if famil...more
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This is a solid biography of Jefferson Davis and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the American Civil War. Davis had serious character flaws that definitely hurt the Confederate war effort, although to be fair one can argue that the rebellion was doomed from the start. In many ways Davis emerges as the opposite of his counterpart Abraham Lincoln; combative where Lincoln was conciliatory, vindictive and petty where Lincoln was forgiving, and unwilling to delegate authority where Lincol...more
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