The Life and Work of Jefferson Davis (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Biography, History of the Confederate States of America & The Rise and Fall of the Confederate GovernmentBy Jefferson Davis, Frank H. Alfriend
Length105h
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The Life and Work of Jefferson Davis brings together biography, political defense, historical recollection, and public argument to illuminate one of the most contested figures of nineteenth-century America. Centered on Davis's career as soldier, senator, secretary of war, and president of the Confederacy, the volume situates personal narrative within the wider literary culture of postwar vindication, memoir, and national reckoning. Jefferson Davis and Frank H. Alfriend represent complementary voices within the Lost Cause-era effort to interpret the Civil War and its aftermath from a Southern perspective. Their combined work reflects the period's entanglement of history-writing, political ideology, and memorial culture, offering insight into how former Confederates fashioned public memory, defended constitutional arguments, and sought to define honor, defeat, and leadership for later generations. This volume is recommended for readers of American history, Civil War studies, biography, and political literature who wish to examine both the life it recounts and the historical imagination that shaped its telling. It offers a valuable opportunity to engage a controversial legacy through multiple modes of nineteenth-century prose, encouraging critical reflection on memory, authorship, sectional identity, and the enduring dialogue between historical fact and interpretation.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length105 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Life and Work of Jefferson Davis (Annotated)
2The Work of Jefferson Davis:
3A Short History of the Confederate States of America
4INTRODUCTION
5PART I - BEFORE SECESSION
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6CHAPTER I - CAUSES OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
7CHAPTER II - NEGRO SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE-TRADE
8CHAPTER III - THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY
9CHAPTER IV - THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
10CHAPTER V - THE COMPROMISE MEASURES
11CHAPTER VI - POLITICS IN MISSISSIPPI
12CHAPTER VII - THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA TROUBLES
13CHAPTER VIII - THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT
14CHAPTER IX - THE JOHN BROWN RAID
15CHAPTER X - A RETROSPECT
16CHAPTER XI - PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE
17CHAPTER XII - THE CLOSE OF 1860
18CHAPTER XIII - SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA
19CHAPTER XIV - GENERAL PRINCIPLES
20CHAPTER XV - THE RIGHT OF SECESSION
21PART II - SECESSION AND CONFEDERATION
22CHAPTER I - EARLY DAYS OF SECESSION
23CHAPTER II - FORT SUMTER
24CHAPTER III - PROGRESS OF SECESSION
25CHAPTER IV - THE CONFEDERATE CABINET AND CONGRESS
26CHAPTER V - SOME NORTHERN PROTESTS
27CHAPTER VI - THE CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION
28CHAPTER VII - NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
29CHAPTER VIII - BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER
30PART III - THE WAR
31CHAPTER I - SOUTH CAROLINA, MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA
32CHAPTER II - CONFEDERATE PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE
33CHAPTER III - ORGANIZATION OF OUR RESOURCES
34CHAPTER IV - FEDERAL OPPRESSIONS IN MARYLAND
35CHAPTER V - THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS
36CHAPTER VI - NEUTRALITY OF KENTUCKY
37CHAPTER VII - THE CONTEST IN MISSOURI
38CHAPTER VIII - GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON
39CHAPTER IX - FEDERAL OUTRAGES IN MISSOURI
40CHAPTER X - MISSOURI DISARMED
41CHAPTER XI - MILITARY OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI
42CHAPTER XII - CONFEDERATE AID TO MISSOURI
43CHAPTER XIII - OPERATIONS OF GENERALS WISE, FLOYD, AND LEE
44CHAPTER XIV - ARREST OF MASON AND SLIDELL
45CHAPTER XV - OUR DEFICIENT ORDNANCE SUPPLIES
46CHAPTER XVI - THE CONFEDERATE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
47CHAPTER XVII - REFORMS IN THE MILITARY LEGISLATION
48CHAPTER XVIII - FEDERAL HOSTILITIES AND USURPATIONS
49CHAPTER XIX - FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON SURRENDERED
50CHAPTER XX - TRANS-MISSISSIPPI MILITARY OPERATIONS
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