John A. Quitman
Subtitle: Old South Crusader
Series: Southern biography series
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: January 1, 1995
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780807112076
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; United States; Legislators; Historical - U.S.; Biography / Autobiography; To 1865; History: American; USA; Mississippi; United States - Civil War; History-United States - Civil War; Governors; Biography; Lawyers; Politics and government; Quitman, John Anthony
Table of contents: title: Yankee roots; title: Mecca; title: Public man; title: The making of a nullifier; title: Everything has gone against us; title: Calhoun's protégé; title: "Cincinnatus" in Texas; title: Entrepreneur; title: Hard times; title: Repudiation; title: Patriarch of the plantation world; title: We came for action; title: Conquest without glory; title: Old Chapultepec; title: War hero; title: Civilizing the "Rosin-heels"; title: Secessionist; title: The Pearl of the Antilles; title: Southern rights at bay; title: A gentlemen's expedition; title: Immigrants' son; title: Equal rights or dissolution; title: Effects of the poison; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliographic essay