Del Norte Public Library

Presents the boyhood of the southern soldier, statesman, and gentleman who became the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

A biography of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, discussing his early life; his careers as soldier, planter, and politician; his role in the Civil War; and his experiences after the conflict. Includes a glossary and chronology.

"New York Times"-bestselling author of "Manhunt" returns to the Civil War era to tell the epic story of the search for Jefferson Davis and the eventful funeral procession for assassinated president Abraham Lincoln.

"West Point graduate, secretary of war under President Pierce, U.S. senator from Mississippi - how was it that this statesman and patriot came to be president of the Confederacy, leading the struggle to destroy the United States? This is the question at the center of William Cooper's biography of Jefferson Davis. Basing his account on the massive archival record left by Davis and his family and associates, Cooper delves not only into the events of...

A biography of Jefferson Davis-statesman, Mexican war hero, and President of the Confederate States of America.

"Felicity Allen begins this work with Davis's political imprisonment at the end of the Civil War and flashes back to his earlier life, interweaving Davis's private life as a schoolboy, a Mississippi planter, a husband, a father, and a political leader. She follows him from West Point through army service on the frontier, his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, his regimental command in the Mexican War, his service as U.S. secretary of war...

Argues that Davis and Lee had sharply conflicting views on the proper conduct of war, with Davis in favor of a defensive war and Lee and the other generals in favor of taking the offensive; and that the lack of unified purpose and strategy doomed the Confederacy.

"In his masterpiece, Jefferson Davis, American, William J. Cooper, Jr., crafted a definitive biography and established himself as the foremost scholar on the Confederate president. Cooper narrows his focus considerably in Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era, training his eye specifically on Davis's participation in and influence on events central to the American Civil War. Nine self-contained essays address how Davis reacted to and dealt with a...

"The plot to ride into Richmond and capture Jefferson Davis was concocted by three brash adventurers, all Frenchmen and formerly ofd'Epineuil's Zouaves. Using pseudonyms from The Three Musketeers, Alexander Dumas's novel of adventure and intrigue, the young men soon ar involved in similar escapades as they travel into the heart of the "Confederacy". -- Jacket.