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William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War / Eric H. Walther.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walther, Eric H., 1960-
- Series:
- Civil War America.
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislators--Alabama--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Secession--Alabama.
- Secession.
- Statesmen--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865.
- Alabama.
- Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
- Confederate States of America.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863.
- Yancey, William Lowndes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (492 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- IWilliam Lowndes Yancey (1814-63) was one of the leading secessionists of the Old South. In this first comprehensive biography, Eric H. Walther examines the personality and political life of the uncompromising fire-eater.Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, and hypocritical. His personal journey led him through a series of mentors who transformed his political views, and upon moving to frontier Alabama in his twenties, Yancey's penchant for rhet
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Jordan's stormy banks
- Rebellion and Union
- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina
- Politician
- Party and honor
- The Alabama platform
- Secessionist
- Creating the "leaven of disunion"
- Public man, private life
- Yancey and the house divided
- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter
- The conventions of 1860
- The voice of the South
- The men and the hours
- In King Arthur's court
- Journeys home
- The main pillar of the Confederacy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-459) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890879776
- 9780807877340
- 0807877344
- OCLC:
- 82369009
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