Francis Butler Simkins [electronic resource] : A Life /
Humphreys, James Scott,1963-
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
2008.
In this biography, James Humphreys takes a close look at Simkins as a man, to better understand him as a historian. He engages with Simkins' physical and mental eccentricities and explores the extent to which the historian was shaped by the values he learned during his childhood in segregationist South Carolina.
In this biography, James Humphreys takes a close look at Simkins as a man, to better understand him as a historian. He engages with Simkins' physical and mental eccentricities and explores the extent to which the historian was shaped by the values he learned during his childhood in segregationist South Carolina.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-325) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Simkins, Francis Butler, 1897-1966.
Historians