John A. Quitman: Old South Crusader (Southern Biography Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807112070 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 504 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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May is associate professor of history at Purdue University and the author of The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854--1861. . Robert E
A Superb Biography of a Southern Nationalist Roger D. Launius A superb biography, "John A. Quitman: Old South Crusader" tells the story of one of the most significant of the southern "fire eaters" in the era prior to the Civil War. Born in Rhinebeck, New York, in 1798, in 1821 Quitman arrived in Natchez, Mississippi, seeking fame and fortune. He . Gingerscott said John A. Quitman: Old South Crusader. I will keep this book for life. I did find some misleading information but moreover, the truth overrode the mistakes. However, I wish it was possible to make the corrections providing the book more validly as a nonfiction book.
The first critical biography of Quitman, May's study sheds light on such current historical controversies as whether antebellum southerners were particuliarly militaristic or "antibourgeois" and helps illuminate the slave-master relations, mobility, intraregional class and geographic friction, partisan politics, and family customs of the Old South.
. From the Back Cover The premier secessionist of antebellum Mississippi, John A. Quitman was one of the half-dozen or so most prominent radicals in the entire South. The first critical biography of this important figure, May's study sheds light on such current historical controversies as whether antebellum southerners were peculiarly militaristic or "antibourgeois" and helps illuminate theslave-master relations, mobility, intraregional class and geographic friction, partisan politics, and family customs of the Old South. A fervent disciple of South Carolina "radical" John C. Mississippi's most vehement "fire-eater", Quitman played a significant role in the North-South estrangement that led to th