Book Description
A fast-paced and compelling portrayal of the tragic figure of the Confederacy's only president.
Card catalog description
Written by a young Southern intellectual while living in New York in the late twenties, this spirited study of the Confederacy's fallen leader is highly critical of Davis's flaws, yet profoundly sympathetic to the Southern cause.
From the Back Cover
"For historians, Davis seems strangely hard to find. Mr. Tate has discovered him."--New York Times Book Review, 1929
About the Author
Allen Tate (1899-1979), poet novelist, and critic, was one of this century's preeminent men of letters.
Jefferson Davis FROM THE PUBLISHER
Written by a young Southern intellectual while living in New York in the late twenties, this spirited study of the Confederacy's fallen leader is highly critical of Davis's flaws, yet profoundly sympathetic to the Southern cause.
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