South Carolina fire-eater
Subtitle: the life of Lawrence Massillon Keitt, 1824-1864
By: Holt Merchant
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Columbia, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781611173499; 9781611173505
Subjects: Legislators; Biography; Politics and government; Secession; History; Generals; United States. Congress. House; United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: "See that you rear a new union"; title: "Trample upon your hosannas to the union"; title: "He who dallies is a dastard"; title: "Shake the federal temple from turret to foundation stone"; title: "Like mildew and blast, like pestilence and famine"; title: "Lance couched, helmet on, visor down"; title: "Take the fetters from your heart"; title: "Style, beauty, and high training"; title: "Fidelity to the union is treason to the south"; title: "True liberty is won by the blood of the brave"; title: "Proudly the southern cross still floats to the breeze"; title: Epilogue: "I will not lose my land".