Jefferson Davis, American
- ISBN-10
- 0375725423
- ISBN-13
- 9780375725425
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 822
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- William J. Cooper
Description
An engaging portrait of the Southern soldier-statesman who led the Confederacy retraces his evolution from a reluctant supporter of secession to his eventual total embrace of an independent Southern Confederacy. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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