Bibliograph

William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War, Eric H. Walther

Type

Label

William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War, Eric H. Walther

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-459) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62895824

Responsibility statement

Eric H. Walther

Series statement

Civil War America

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Jordan's stormy banks -- Rebellion and Union -- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina -- Politician -- Party and honor -- The Alabama platform -- Secessionist -- Creating the "leaven of disunion" -- Public man, private life -- Yancey and the house divided -- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter -- The conventions of 1860 -- The voice of the South -- The men and the hours -- In King Arthur's court -- Journeys home -- The main pillar of the Confederacy

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