Dueling in Charleston
Subtitle: violence refined in the Holy City
By: J. Grahame Long
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781609495039
Subjects: Social conditions; Social life and customs; Violence; Dueling; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sinners in the Holy City : Charleston's Hot Weather, Hotter Tempers; title: Judicium Dei : In the Beginning...; title: Prelude to a Duel : Wars of Words and Whereabouts; title: The Written Word : Mandates, Manuals and Mr. Wilson; title: Seconds Count : Composure amongst Carnage; title: Armed and Dangerous : Weaponry for the Would-Be Duelist; title: Apology Accepted...or Not : Forgiveness in the Field of Honor; title: Sadism and the South : The Malevolent Mêlées of Men...and Women; title: Civics and Sermons : Dueling's Naysayers and Ne'er-Do-Wells; title: Dooming the Duelist : Francis W. Dawson and a Farewell to Fighting.