Jefferson Davis, American

The Journal of Southern History;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Jefferson Davis, American. By William J. Cooper Jr...ISBN 0-394-56916-4.) Concluding that Jefferson Davis has generally not been kindly treated...p. xiv). Above all, Cooper presents Jefferson Davis as a national figure who believed that...

The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis

The Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2006 ;     474 words ...The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis. By Donald E. Collins. The American...Civil War, Confederate president Jefferson Davis was perhaps one of the South...the later life and death of Jefferson Davis. In great detail he chronicles...

Jefferson Davis: Confederate President.(Book Review)

Presidential Studies Quarterly;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Jefferson Davis: Confederate President. By Herman Hattaway...twentieth century, Confederate president Jefferson Davis remained, surprisingly, a somewhat neglected...of the first volume of The Papers of Jefferson Davis, which currently comprises 11 volumes...

Jefferson Davis, American.

Journal of Southern History;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......0-394-56916-4.) Concluding that Jefferson Davis has generally not been kindly...Above all, Cooper presents Jefferson Davis as a national figure who believed...Davis's, rather than our, times. Jefferson Davis believed in slavery and the...

Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart.

Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2000 ;     636 words ...Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart. By Felicity Allen...biographer would undertake a life of Jefferson Davis--it is so long, full, and controversial...not agree. This is a good biography of Jefferson Davis, but it is partisan. Strange then that...

Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography;  April 1, 2003 ;     687 words ...Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings. Edited by WILLIAM...and his right-hand man Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis has never loomed particularly large...know Davis firsthand. The Papers of Jefferson Davis project continues to make the scattered...

'Unreconstructed Rebel' ; The Jefferson Davis bicentennial provides a...

Columbia Daily Tribune;  February 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......log cabin-born Kentuckian, Jefferson Davis, whose 200th has turned out...educate the public about the real Jefferson Davis." The agency didn't even reply...celebration in recognition of Jefferson Davis' 200th birthday" easily passed...

TAKING THE MEASURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS

The Boston Globe;  January 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ......one-dimensional assessment of Jefferson Davis, labeling him a traitor to rival...n't hold him a traitor either. "Jefferson Davis, American," William Cooper's...underpinning to the idea of honor in Jefferson Davis's own mind and in the South...

The Papers of Jefferson Davis

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography;  April 1, 1996 ;     621 words ...The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Volume 8: 1862. Edited by...publication, the Civil War in Jefferson Davis's papers will take roughly...last multivolume edition of Davis's writings, Dunbar Rowland...1862 saw trouble growing in Davis's cabinet: there were three...the Confederate war ...

Jefferson Davis, Confederate President

The Arkansas Historical Quarterly;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Jefferson Davis, Confederate President. By Herman Hattaway...Herman Hattaway and Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson Davis, Confederate President, could well be...all too brief preface. "The story of Jefferson Davis's life and career is a great although...

Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings.(Book Notes)(Brief Article)(Book...

Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2005 ;     182 words ...Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings. Edited and...456. $24.95, ISBN 0-679-64252-8.) In Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings William J. Cooper...various letters, speeches, and reports by Jefferson Davis. Due to an abundance of available material...

Little enthusiasm for marking Jefferson Davis' 200th birthday

Post-Tribune (IN);  February 24, 2008 ;     431 words ......they reenact the swearing in of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy...log cabin-born Kentuckian, Jefferson Davis, whose 200th has turned out...educate the public about the real Jefferson Davis." The agency didn't even reply...

Did Jeff Davis' flaws doom the Confederacy?

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 22, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Jefferson Davis The Man and His Hour. By William C...35. The president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, has always intrigued biographers and...Joseph, who became a prosperous planter, Jefferson Davis went to West Point. He then took several...

The tales of Jefferson Davis

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 5, 2004 ;     397 words ...The tales of Jefferson Davis By FRANZEN Monday, April 5, 2004 For Jefferson Davis, it's all about spin. The Menomonee...Menomonee Falls; they've been about Jefferson Davis. When this newspaper reports that...

The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Volume 11: September 1864-May 1865

The Journal of Southern History;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Volume 11: September 1864-M...installment in the papers of Jefferson Davis provides a close look at...continuing through the arrival of Davis as a prisoner at Fortress...allows insights not only into Davis but also into the myriad...during this crucial ...