Author: Marsha WedellPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870497049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The Great Book: Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, 1832-1972, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Author: Ellen Davies-RodgersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Episcopalians
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description
The Papers of Jefferson Davis
Author: Jefferson DavisPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080715895X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
"Being powerless to direct the current, I can only wait to see whither it runs," wrote Jefferson Davis to his wife, Varina, on October 11, 1865, five months after the victorious United States Army took him prisoner. Indeed, in the tumultuous years immediately after the Civil War, Davis found himself more acted upon than active, a dramatic change from his previous twenty years of public service to the United States as a major political figure and then to the Confederacy as its president and commander in chief. Volume 12 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis follows the former president of the Confederacy as he and his family fight to find their place in the world after the Civil War. A federal prisoner, incarcerated in a "living tomb" at Fort Monroe while the government decided whether, where, and by whom he should be tried for treason, Davis was initially allowed to correspond only with his wife and counsel. Released from prison after two hard years, he was not free from legal proceedings until 1869. Stateless, homeless, and without means to support himself and his young family, Davis lived in Canada and then Europe, searching for a new career in a congenial atmosphere. Finally, in November 1869, he settled in Memphis as president of a life insurance company and, for the first time in four years, had the means to build a new life.Throughout this difficult period, Varina Howell Davis demonstrated strength and courage, especially when her husband was in prison. She fought tirelessly for his release and to ensure their children's education and safety. Their letters clearly demonstrate the Davises' love and their dependence on each other. They both worried over the fate of the South and of family members and friends who had suffered during the war. Though disfranchised, Davis remained careful but not totally silent on the subject of politics. Even while in prison, he wrote without regret of his decision to follow Mississippi out of the Union and of his unswerving belief in the constitutionality of state rights and secession. Likewise, he praised all who supported the Confederacy with their blood and who, like himself, had lost everything.
Elite Women and the Reform Impulse in Memphis, 1875-1915
Author: Marsha WedellPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870497049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Religious Books, 1876-1982
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
"Prepared by the R.R. Bowker Company's Department of Bibliography in collaboration with the Publications Systems Department"--Page opposite t.p. Includes indexes. Author Index ... 3901-4069 Title Index ... 4071-4389.
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
American Book Publishing Record
Author: Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Here's quick access to more than 490,000 titles published from 1970 to 1984 arranged in Dewey sequence with sections for Adult and Juvenile Fiction. Author and Title indexes are included, and a Subject Guide correlates primary subjects with Dewey and LC classification numbers. These cumulative records are available in three separate sets.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1862
Book Description
Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressAmerican Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1950-1977: Title index
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of BibliographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2258
Book Description