Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis: the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Volume I

Brief Description: A collection of quotations by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States. Publisher Marketing: Jefferson Davis was the first and last President of the Confederacy. His two volume history of the controversy, conflict, and resolution is unique. To understand America's Civil War, you have to understand this man.

Contributor Bio:  Davis, Jefferson Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was the president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, served in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was secretary of war under Franklin Pierce. William J. Cooper, Jr., is Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University. His most recent book is "Jefferson Davis, American, winner of the 2001 "Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography and the Jefferson Davis Award. He lives in Baton Rouge. "From the Hardcover edition. Contributor Bio:  Thomas, Tom TOM THOMAS graduated from the University of Michigan in 1971, with a degree in Psychology. He retired in 2012 after a 40-plus year career in software development, engineering management and sales, mostly in the material handling industry. His retirement coincided with the death of his mother, who bequeathed him a box filled with yellowed newspapers from 1945 and 1946. These were issues of The Honshu Pioneer, a newspaper that Tom's father, Arthur DeLong Thomas, Jr., had helped to found and publish during his service in the U. S. Army. After reviewing some of these ancient documents, Tom decided that the world should hear what these men had to say, so he transcribed and edited every issue in his possession, commenting liberally along the way, and this book was the result.