Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour
- ISBN-10
- 0060923261
- ISBN-13
- 9780060923266
- Series
- Jefferson Davis
- Category
- Presidents
- Pages
- 784
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Perennial
- Author
- William C. Davis
Description
Employing newly released material from diaries and papers, an acclaimed Civil War scholar presents an incomparable and definitive biography of the president of the Confederacy. Includes 16 pages of black-and-white photographs and an index. Originally published by HarperCollins in 1991. Advertising in military history publications.
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- 2015-07-17
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