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William C. Davis

Robert Barnwell Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fir-Eater

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William C. Davis's biography of Robert Barnwell Rhett provides a definitive picture of South Carolina's most prominent secessionist and arguably the best known in the nation during the two decades leading up to the Civil War. Dubbed the Father of Secession, Rhett attached himself to South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun, but grew more zealous than his mentor on the secession issue. Rhett first raised the possibility of secession in 1826, well before calhoun adopted the notion, and would ever after hold fast to his one great idea. In this examination of Rhett's personal and political endeavors, Davis draws upon many newly found sources to… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-57003-439-8
  • EAN: 9781570034398
  • Produktnummer: 9446733
  • Verlag: Univ Of South Carolina Pr
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
  • Seitenangabe: 702 S.
  • Masse: H23.3 cm x B16.0 cm x D3.9 cm 1'089 g
  • Auflage: New
  • Gewicht: 1089

Über den Autor


WILLIAM C. DAVIS is the author or editor of nearly fifty books on Civil War and Southern history. For many years the editor and publisher of Civil War Times magazine, he divides his time between consulting on the production of film and television documentaries and on books for publishers in the United States and England. He is currently director of programs for the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, and professor of history at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virgina. Davis lives in Blacksburg.

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