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Author
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In The Last Southern Fire-Eater, renowned historian of the American South William Link examines the life of Roger Atkinson Pryor-a Virginia secessionist, Civil War general, and earnest advocate of postwar sectional reconciliation. Link shows that Pryor's life involved a series of re-makings. As a newspaper editor and politician, Pryor began his career as a moderate but eventually enthusiastically endorsed secessionism and war. Unlike most "fire-eaters,"...
Series
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
viii, 303 pages : portrait ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Civil War Witnesses and Their Books" offers an analysis of books written by individuals who experienced the American Civil War. It follows a similar volume-Civil War Writing: New Perspectives on Iconic Texts (LSU Press, 2019)-which also examined some of the most important writings about the conflict from its participants. The eight contributors to this volume selected books, eleven in all, that have proved influential over a significant period. Some...
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