Google
×
Preview and full view
  • Any view
  • Preview and full view
  • Full view
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
Born, raised, and retired in Mississippi, Lucy Somerville Howorth (1895–1997) was a champion for the rights of women long before feminism emerged as a widely recognized movement.
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
Drawing on a new and definitive edition of Marshall's papers, R. Kent Newmyer combines engaging narrative with new historiographical insights in a fresh interpretation of John Marshall's life in the law.".
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost half a century, John Niven skillfully presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South.
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
A long-awaited biography, Drew Gilpin Faust’s James Henry Hammond and the Old South reveals the South Carolina planter who was at once characteristic of his age and unique among men of his time.
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
Robert Tinkler's superb, first-published biography of Hamilton conveys the enormous drama, dignity, and pathos that marked Hamilton's pursuit of the greatness achieved by his prominent Revolutionary-era forebears and his subsequent profound ...
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
In his intellectual and cultural biography of Helper -- the first to appear in more than forty years -- David Brown provides a fresh and nuanced portrait of this self-styled reformer, exploring anew Helper's motivation for writing his ...
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
Elizabeth Urban Alexander taps voluminous court records and letters to unravel the twists and turns of Gaines's litigation and reveal the truth behind the mysterious saga of this notorious woman.
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
Although the reforms that he took up were no more radical than those called for by his contemporaries, Crow and Durden find in this first full account of his career that “in the last analysis, Russell’s unique blend of Old South ...
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
In the first comprehensive biography of Gore, Kyle Longley has produced an incisive portrait of a significant American political leader and an arresting narrative of the shaping of a southern and American political tradition.
bibliogroup:"Southern Biography Series" from books.google.com
Elite, personable, and persuasive, Edward Douglass White, a ‘‘large and bearish man from Louisiana,’’ served on the United States Supreme Court for twenty-seven years.