num_pages: 848
description: From a distinguished historian of the American South comes this thoroughly human portrait of the complex man at the center of our nation's most epic struggle.Jefferson Davis initially did not wish to leave the Union—as the son of a veteran of the American Revolution and as a soldier and senator, he considered himself a patriot. William J. Cooper shows us how Davis' initial reluctance turned into absolute commitment to the Confederacy. He provides a thorough account of Davis' life, both as the Confederate President and in the years before and after the war. Elegantly written and impeccably researched, Jefferson Davis, American is the definitive examination of one of the most enigmatic figures in our nation's history.
language: English
title: Jefferson Davis, American
titlecomplete: Jefferson Davis, American
characters: James Buchanan, William Preston Johnston, James Seddon, John C. Calhoun, Clement Claiborne Clay, Samuel Cooper, Robert Toombs, Albert Sidney Johnston, Stephen A. Douglas, Joseph E. Johnston, Henry S. Foote, Braxton Bragg, Jefferson Davis, James Longstreet, P. G. T. Beauregard, Robert E. Lee, Alexander H. Stephens, Varina Howell Davis, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, Ulysses S. Grant, Howell Cobb, Zachary Taylor, Judah P. Benjamin, Joseph E. Brown, Robert M. T. Hunter
genres: History, Presidents, American History, Civil War, Biography, Us Presidents, Military History, Nonfiction, American Civil War, Politics
ratings_count: 373
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Jefferson Davis Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Biography
publisher: Vintage