The Papers of Jefferson Davis, 1871-1879

Informationen zum Autor Lynda Lasswell Crist has been editor of The Papers of Jefferson Davis since 1979. Suzanne Scott Gibbs has been assistant editor of The Papers of Jefferson Davis since 2006. T. Michael Parrish is Linden Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor University and the author of Richard Taylor, Soldier Prince of Dixie. Klappentext 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 immediately afterwards in federal prison, Davis faced a mounting array of financial woes, health problems, and family illnesses and tragedies in the 1870s. Despite setbacks during this decade, Davis also began a quest to rehabilitate his image and protect his historical legacy.

Product details

• Authors: Jefferson Davis, Jefferson/ Crist Davis
• Assisted by: Lynda Lasswell Crist (Editor), Mary Seaton Dix (Editor), Suzanne Scott Gibbs (Editor)
• Publisher: Louisiana state univ pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2012
• EAN: 9780807139066
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-3906-6
• No. of pages: 768
• Series: Papers of Jefferson Davis; Papers of Jefferson Davis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous