"Fiction Distorting Fact": The Prison Life, Annotated by Jefferson DavisThis new study of 'Prison life' places the work and these two years in proper perspective. Davis was imprisoned and Craven was assigned to be his physician, not much more than that should be accepted as fact. This edition reproduces Davis's annotations and comments from his personal copy, along with editorial notes and explanations. It also provides a clear, objective description of Davis's life at Fort Monroe, based on evidence and Davis's own letters from prison. |
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Page xliii
... Halpine's readers . His wife did not join him in the United States for three years . To pass his lonely hours , Halpine sought solace in the bottle - a habit that plagued him the rest of his life . Alcoholism , a fine wit , a gift for ...
... Halpine's readers . His wife did not join him in the United States for three years . To pass his lonely hours , Halpine sought solace in the bottle - a habit that plagued him the rest of his life . Alcoholism , a fine wit , a gift for ...
Page xlvii
... Halpine placed similar statements , comparing the South with Ire- land , into the mouth of Davis in the Prison Life . 165 Halpine's acquaintance with Dr. Craven , already introduced to many of his readers as " the physician attending ...
... Halpine placed similar statements , comparing the South with Ire- land , into the mouth of Davis in the Prison Life . 165 Halpine's acquaintance with Dr. Craven , already introduced to many of his readers as " the physician attending ...
Page lviii
... Halpine , citing a friend of Halpine who claimed he had heard Halpine admit " that HE had written the book within three weeks ; and that with the exception that it was founded on a few notes furnished , and on an intimate acquaintance ...
... Halpine , citing a friend of Halpine who claimed he had heard Halpine admit " that HE had written the book within three weeks ; and that with the exception that it was founded on a few notes furnished , and on an intimate acquaintance ...
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