"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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... hands and feet of Jefferson Davis and Clement C. Clay whenever he [ Miles ] may think it advisable in order to render their imprisonment more secure . " 66 " 67 Dana and Halleck left the same day they arrived . On the following day ( 23 ...
... hands and feet of Jefferson Davis and Clement C. Clay whenever he [ Miles ] may think it advisable in order to render their imprisonment more secure . " 66 " 67 Dana and Halleck left the same day they arrived . On the following day ( 23 ...
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... hands from him , the blacksmith and his assistant had done their work - one securing the rivet on the right ankle , while the other turned the key in the padlock on the left . This done , Mr. Davis lay for a moment as if in stupor ...
... hands from him , the blacksmith and his assistant had done their work - one securing the rivet on the right ankle , while the other turned the key in the padlock on the left . This done , Mr. Davis lay for a moment as if in stupor ...
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... hands with a devotion and unanimity for which I can never be too grateful . God bless them , one and all , and grant them the sustaining influence of His grace ! " Mr. Davis spoke the last sentence with great fervor , his thin hands ...
... hands with a devotion and unanimity for which I can never be too grateful . God bless them , one and all , and grant them the sustaining influence of His grace ! " Mr. Davis spoke the last sentence with great fervor , his thin hands ...
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