Dueling in the Old South
Subtitle: vignettes of social history
By: by Jack K. Williams.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Dueling -- Southern States -- History; Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865
Description: This history of the social custom of pistol dueling in the antebellum South documents the rules for its conduct, its causes, and its typical participants. Also included is a popular dueling code from the year 1838 by John Lyde Wilson, one-time governer of South Carolina.--From publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [105]-109.