Francis W. Pickens and the politics of destruction
By: John B. Edmunds, Jr.
Series: The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Pickens, F. W. 1805-1869.; Governors -- South Carolina -- Biography.; South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Description: In antebellum South Carolina, politics was a passion interlaced with calculation and intrigue. John Edmunds offers a complete examination of Francis Pickens and uses him as a vehicle to reveal the labyrinths of antebellum South Carolina political life. This novel exploration of what was perhaps the most archaic political, social, and economic system in the nation provides another dimension to the study of South Carolina history. - Jacket flap.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [223]-239.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Young radical; title: A provocative course; title: A vile association; title: Harbinger of doom; title: A litany of destruction; title: An insolvable dilemma; title: A mere office-seeker; title: The rose of Texas; title: A fire-eater down to the ground; title: Governor and council; title: There can lay no peace for me