Lachlan Mcintosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia

Informationen zum Autor HARVEY H. JACKSON III is Eminent Scholar in History at Jacksonville State University. His many books include Lachlan McIntosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia (Georgia), Rivers of History: Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama , and Inside Alabama: A Personal History of My State . Klappentext Lachlan McIntosh (1728-1806) was a prominent Georgia planter! patriarch of his Highland Scots clan in America! and the ranking general from Georgia in the Continental army. Often! however! he is known simply as the man who! in a duel! mortally wounded Button Gwinnett! one of Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence. This biography fleshes out McIntosh considerably and! just as important! uses his life as a springboard for discussing the rapidly shifting political! social! and economic forces at work during a crucial period of Georgia's history. Zusammenfassung This prominent planter! patriarch of his Highland Scots clan in America and the ranking general from Georgia in the Continental army! is often simply known as the man who mortally wounded Button Gwinnett. This biography fleshes out the man who lived during a crucial period in history.

Product details

• Authors: Harvey Jackson, Harvey H Jackson, Harvey H. Jackson, Harvey H. III Jackson, Harvey Jackson III
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2003
• EAN: 9780820325422
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2542-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Amerikanische Geschichte, 1790 bis 1799 n. Chr., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography / Autobiography, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)