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Jefferson Davis

Name: Jefferson Davis
Author: Allen Tate
ISBN: 9781879941243

by Allen Tate, Grady McWhiney

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Overview

Written early in Tate’s career, this study of the Confederacy’s fallen leader is highly critical of his flaws yet ultimately sympathetic to the Southern cause.

Synopsis

A fast-paced and compelling portrayal of the tragic figure of the Confederacy's only president.

About the Author, Allen Tate

Allen Tate (1899-1979), a major American poet and a leading New Critic, was the author of many works of criticism and poetry as well as a Civil War novel, The Fathers, and Stonewall Jackson.