Jefferson Davis
Subtitle: the essential writings
By: edited, with an introduction and notes by William J. Cooper, Jr.
Contributors: Cooper, William J. 1940-
Edition: 2003 Modern Library ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: Confederate States of America -- History.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
Description: "This volume, the first of its kind, is a selected collection of Davis's writings culled in large part from the authoritative Papers of Jefferson Davis, a multivolume edition of his letters and speeches published by the Louisiana State University Press, and includes thirteen documents from manuscript collections and one privately held document that have never before appeared in a modern scholarly edition. From letters as a college student to his sister, to major speeches on the Constitution, slavery, and sectional issues, to his farewell to the U.S. Senate, to his inaugural address as Confederate president, to letters from prison to his wife, these selected pieces present the many faces of the enigmatic Jefferson Davis."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.