Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America
- ISBN-10
- 0836966112
- ISBN-13
- 9780836966114
- Series
- Jefferson Davis
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1971
- Publisher
- Books for Libraries
- Author
- Varina Davis
Description
Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, a Memoir by His Wife Varina Davis. fusion of his allies and adherents throughout the Democratic party : they looked upon the proposition as class legislation, not justified by the ...
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- 2015-07-17
- 290 pages
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- Forgotten Books
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