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1868 Jefferson Davis CSA War SECRETS Slavery Confederate Gettysburg Vicksburg
“I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.”
– Jefferson Davis
A rare first edition printing of the life and career of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy by Frank Alfriend. This book primarily deals with Davis’s military and political involvement in the Confederate States of America including:
Interaction with Abraham Lincoln
Davis speeches, advancement in Congress
Southern states in the Mexican War
Rights of states holding slaves from being admitted into Union
Returning runaway slaves to owners
Robert E. Lee’s military tactics at Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Lee’s admission of tactical errors
According to Nevins, this book is
“A eulogistic attempt to vindicate the motives and conduct of the Southern leader; includes extensive quotations from Davis’s letters and speeches.”
Item number: #6700
Price: $499
ALFRIEND, Frank H
Life of Jefferson Davis
Cincinnati, Caxton Publishing House; Philadelphia, National Publishing Co.; [etc., etc.], 1868.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[xvii], [13]-645
References: Nevins II, p. 36.
Language: English
Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
Size: ~8.5in X 6in (22cm x 15cm)
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6700
“I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.”
– Jefferson Davis
A rare first edition printing of the life and career of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy by Frank Alfriend. This book primarily deals with Davis’s military and political involvement in the Confederate States of America including:
Interaction with Abraham Lincoln
Davis speeches, advancement in Congress
Southern states in the Mexican War
Rights of states holding slaves from being admitted into Union
Returning runaway slaves to owners
Robert E. Lee’s military tactics at Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Lee’s admission of tactical errors
According to Nevins, this book is
“A eulogistic attempt to vindicate the motives and conduct of the Southern leader; includes extensive quotations from Davis’s letters and speeches.”
Item number: #6700
Price: $499
ALFRIEND, Frank H
Life of Jefferson Davis
Cincinnati, Caxton Publishing House; Philadelphia, National Publishing Co.; [etc., etc.], 1868.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[xvii], [13]-645
References: Nevins II, p. 36.
Language: English
Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
Size: ~8.5in X 6in (22cm x 15cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
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