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Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia : A Biography by Thomas E. Schott (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLSU Press

ISBN-100807121061

ISBN-139780807121061

eBay Product ID (ePID)812073

Product Key Features

Book TitleAlexander H. Stephens of Georgia : a Biography

Number of Pages584 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicUnited States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorThomas E. Schott

Book SeriesSouthern Biography Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN87-012487

ReviewsA solid biography that should appeal to historians and laymen alike. Schott writes in a vigorous, colloquial style that makes Stephens almost come alive. Schott has succeeded amazingly well in this intense personal and political portrait of Little Aleck., The most comprehensive review to date of Stephens' personal life and political career. . . . This volume will be the standard biography of Alexander H. Stephens for years to come., A balanced, perceptive examination of an able but flawed Georgian who struggled with forces far beyond his control.

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal973.7/13/0924 B

SynopsisWINNER OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS AWARD Rising from humble origins in the middle Georgia cotton belt, Alexander H. Stephens (1812?1883) became one of the South?s leading politicians and lawyers. Thomas E. Schott has written the first scholarly biography that analyzes the interplay between the public and private Stephens and between state and national politics during his contradictory career. Stephens was a celebrated Whig, turned Democrat, who served as congressman from 1843 to 1859 and an antisecessionist who became vice-president of the Confederacy. Ignored by the Davis administration once in office, he eventually opposed most of its wartime policies. Schott argues that Stephens? devotion to the southern cause was as genuine as his devotion to civil liberties and states? rights. After the war, he became an elder statesman for Georgia, serving nine more years as a congress-man and the last five months of his life as governor., WINNER OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS AWARD Rising from humble origins in the middle Georgia cotton belt, Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883) became one of the South's leading politicians and lawyers. Thomas E. Schott has written the first scholarly biography that analyzes the interplay between the public and private Stephens and between state and national politics during his contradictory career. Stephens was a celebrated Whig, turned Democrat, who served as congressman from 1843 to 1859 and an antisecessionist who became vice-president of the Confederacy. Ignored by the Davis administration once in office, he eventually opposed most of its wartime policies. Schott argues that Stephens' devotion to the southern cause was as genuine as his devotion to civil liberties and states' rights. After the war, he became an elder statesman for Georgia, serving nine more years as a congress-man and the last five months of his life as governor.