"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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... North were democratic in the mass , making money the basis of their power and standard to which they aspired . It always commanded a premium socially , and was accepted in lack of other qualities . No matter how ill - bred or base , no ...
... North were democratic in the mass , making money the basis of their power and standard to which they aspired . It always commanded a premium socially , and was accepted in lack of other qualities . No matter how ill - bred or base , no ...
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... North , where the doctrine of State sovereignty was little preached or prac- ticed , this difficulty might not seem so great ; but in the South a man had presented the unpleasant alternatives of being guilty of treason to his State when ...
... North , where the doctrine of State sovereignty was little preached or prac- ticed , this difficulty might not seem so great ; but in the South a man had presented the unpleasant alternatives of being guilty of treason to his State when ...
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... North American Review 150 ( February 1890 ) : 205- Jefferson Davis , Constitutionalist : His Letters , Papers , and Speeches . Ten vols . Edited by Dunbar Rowland . Jackson MS : Department of Archives and History , 1923 . Jefferson ...
... North American Review 150 ( February 1890 ) : 205- Jefferson Davis , Constitutionalist : His Letters , Papers , and Speeches . Ten vols . Edited by Dunbar Rowland . Jackson MS : Department of Archives and History , 1923 . Jefferson ...
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