The Fire-eaters
- ISBN-10
- 0807117315
- ISBN-13
- 9780807117316
- Series
- The Fire-Eaters
- Category
- Secession
- Pages
- 333
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Author
- Eric H. Walther
Description
In the early 1850s, northerners and southerners alike used the term fire-eater to describe anyone whose views were clearly outside the political mainstream. Eventually, the word came to be most closely identified with southerners who were staunch and unyielding advocates of secession. In this exploration of the role of the fire-eaters in the secession movement, the author touches upon a number of perennial themes in southern history, including the appeal of proslavery thought and southern expansionism, the place of education and industrialization in antebellum southern society, the significance of oratory in southern culture, and the nature of southern nationalism.
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