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9780143127758 | Penguin USA, September 15, 2015, cover price $17.00
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9781410477408 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, March 4, 2015), cover price $31.99 | also contains Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis As Commander in Chief
9780405104954, titled "The Cities and the Federal System" | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1978, cover price $23.95 | also contains Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis As Commander in Chief, The Cities and the Federal System
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9781611763164 | Unabridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, October 7, 2014), cover price $30.00
Hardcover:
9781410477408 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, March 4, 2015), cover price $31.99 | also contains Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis As Commander in Chief
9781594204975 | Penguin Pr, October 7, 2014, cover price $32.95
9780405104954, titled "The Cities and the Federal System" | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1978, cover price $23.95 | also contains Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis As Commander in Chief, The Cities and the Federal System
Product Description: In the space of a few hours on the night of April 2, 1865, Richmond, the Confederate capital, was evacuated and burned, the government fled, slavery was finished in North America, Union forces entered the city and the outcome of the Civil War was effectively sealed...read more
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9780786478538 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, January 9, 2015, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: In the space of a few hours on the night of April 2, 1865, Richmond, the Confederate capital, was evacuated and burned, the government fled, slavery was finished in North America, Union forces entered the city and the outcome of the Civil War was effectively sealed.
Product Description: In his masterpiece, Jefferson Davis, American, William J. Cooper, Jr., crafted a sweeping, definitive biography and established himself as the foremost scholar on the intriguing Confederate president. Cooper narrows his focus considerably in Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era, training his expert eye specifically on Davis's participation in and influence on events central to the American Civil War...read more
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9780807133712 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, October 1, 2008, cover price $28.95
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9780807150092 | Reprint edition (Louisiana State Univ Pr, January 2, 2013), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: In his masterpiece, Jefferson Davis, American, William J.
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9780061560897 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, December 28, 2010, cover price $17.99
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9780548118931 | Kessinger Pub Co, July 30, 2007, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
9781432619206 | Kessinger Pub Co, August 30, 2004, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
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9781428628090 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2006, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
9781417944606 | Kessinger Pub Co, August 19, 2004, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
9780803266094 | Univ of Nebraska Pr, August 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Every schoolchild knows that Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederacy.
Product Description: At the end of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis's life and reputation sunk to a seemingly-unredeemable low. The shackles and chains of Fort Monroe, where he awaited trial for treason, were a far cry from the successful political career and national recognition he enjoyed before the war...read more
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9780742543041 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, May 1, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: At the end of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis's life and reputation sunk to a seemingly-unredeemable low.
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9780700611706 | Univ Pr of Kansas, May 1, 2002, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: An account of the Jefferson Davis presidency takes a look at the diplomatic, domestic, and military affairs that consumed this embattled man during his tumultuous tenure as president of the Confederacy.
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9780700612932 | Univ Pr of Kansas, October 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An account of the Jefferson Davis presidency takes a look at the diplomatic, domestic, and military affairs that consumed this embattled man during his tumultuous tenure as president of the Confederacy.
Product Description: From 1861 to 1865, there were two American presidents, one in the North & one in the South. Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis led their nations through a bitter civil war that changed the course of American history. Both were brilliant, patriots, & convinced they were right...read more
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9780762851676 | Book Sales, August 1, 2001, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: From 1861 to 1865, there were two American presidents, one in the North & one in the South.
9781559724623 | Citadel Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: The first dual biography of two great leaders furnishes a comprehensive, heavily researched study that compares the two men and reaches firm conclusions about the Civil War that transformed the United States.
Focusing on the Lincoln-Davis debate, the author peels back the layers on the important issues introduced by this seminal political exchange and describes the two opponents' respective ideas concerning national identity and the future of the United States.
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9780700611379 | Univ Pr of Kansas, August 1, 2001, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Focusing on the Lincoln-Davis debate, the author peels back the layers on the important issues introduced by this seminal political exchange and describes the two opponents' respective ideas concerning national identity and the future of the United States.
An engaging portrait of the Southern soldier-statesman who led the Confederacy retraces his evolution from a reluctant supporter of secession to his eventual total embrace of an independent Southern Confederacy. 17,500 first printing.
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9780394569161 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 2000, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the Southern soldier-statesman who led the Confederacy retraces his evolution from a reluctant supporter of secession to his eventual total embrace of an independent Southern Confederacy.
Product Description: Preeminent Civil War historian Frank Vandiver always longed to see an interpretive biography of Jefferson Davis. Finally, more than twenty years after Vandiver expressed that wish, publication of Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart makes such an interpretive biography available...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780826212191 | Univ of Missouri Pr, March 1, 2000, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Preeminent Civil War historian Frank Vandiver always longed to see an interpretive biography of Jefferson Davis.
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9780527890001 | Periodicals Service Co, January 1, 1929, cover price $30.00
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9781879941243, titled "Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall" | J S Sanders & Co, August 1, 1998, cover price $15.95
Product Description: Jefferson Davis, captured, imprisoned, and charged with 1) conspiracy and culpability in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2) conspiracy to cause the deaths of Northern P.O.W.'s at Andersonville, Georgia, a detention camp; 3) participating in and attempting to assist in the growth of the system of slavery; and 4) treason against the United States of America, was never afforded his constitutional right to a trial...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781565543706 | Pelican Pub Co Inc, May 1, 1998, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Jefferson Davis, captured, imprisoned, and charged with 1) conspiracy and culpability in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2) conspiracy to cause the deaths of Northern P.
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9780060167066 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1991, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Describes Davis's childhood in Mississippi, his West Point experience, his ascent from Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce to President of the Confederacy, and beyond
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9780807120798 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $26.95
9780060923266 | Reprint edition (Perennial, October 1, 1992), cover price $18.00
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9781877853036 | Reprint edition (Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, February 1, 1991), cover price $24.95
Product Description: Jefferson Davis's austere, aloof, and perplexing public demeanor offered few clues as to what kind of man he really was. Varina Davis's perceptive narrative offers unique insight into all aspects of her husband's life. Volume I is concerned with his formative public career from birth through army and congressional service, while the second volume tells the story of the Civil War as Jefferson Davis and his family saw it...read more
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9781877853067 | Reprint edition (Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, September 1, 1990), cover price $48.95 | About this edition: Book by Davis, Varina H.
9781877853074 | Reprint edition (Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, September 1, 1990), cover price $48.95 | About this edition: Book by Davis, Varina H.
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9781877853043 | Reprint edition (Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, January 1, 1991), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Jefferson Davis's austere, aloof, and perplexing public demeanor offered few clues as to what kind of man he really was.
9781877853081 | Reprint edition (Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, September 1, 1990), cover price $49.90
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9781877853050 | Reprint edition (Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, September 1, 1990), cover price $98.00
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9780405104954 | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1978, cover price $23.95 | also contains Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis As Commander in Chief, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis As Commander in Chief
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