Ackerman Robert K (16 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Providing the most balanced and comprehensive portrayal of Wade Hampton III to date, Robert K. Ackerman's biography explores the remarkable abilities and tragic failings of the planter-statesman who would come to personify the Civil War and Reconstruction in South Carolina. Ackerman traces Hampton's esteemed lineage and his preparation for life as a Southern aristocrat. Though Hampton benefited from third-generation wealth, a classical education, and an inherent sense of noblesse oblige, as Ackerman notes, prior to the war Hampton served almost without distinction in the South Carolina General Assembly - with the exception of his opposition to reopening the slave trade. Hampton did not favor secession, but once South Carolina left the Union, he committed himself fully to the Confederate effort and thus began his path to legend. Ackerman follows Hampton from amateur soldier to decorated cavalry leader, from multiple wounds at Gettysburg to the defense of the Confederate flank at Petersburg. Hampton eventually succeeded J. E. B. Stuart as commander of Lee's cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia and distinguished himself as one of three non - West Point graduates to attain the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate army. Emotionally and financially devastated by the Confederacy's defeat, Hampton briefly pondered continuing the conflict as a guerrilla war before emerging as a leading advocate for policies of moderation. His election to the governorship in 1876 brought an end to Federal Reconstruction in South Carolina. Ackerman elaborates on Hampton's limited success in enacting policies of moderation and his eventual defeat at the hands of virulent racists and anti-autocratic populists. Ackerman suggests that, despite some success as governor and later as a U.S. senator, Hampton was ultimately overwhelmed by forces of racism, with tragic consequences for his state, yet he remains for many a revered icon of the Old South.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Sticker residue and cut on back of dust jacket. Otherwise very good hardcover 9781570036675.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Providing the most balanced and comprehensive portrayal of Wade Hampton III to date, Robert K. Ackerman's biography explores the remarkable abilities and tragic failings of the planter-statesman who would come to personify the Civil War and Reconstruction in South Carolina. Ackerman traces Hampton's esteemed lineage and his preparation for life as a Southern aristocrat. Though Hampton benefited from third-generation wealth, a classical education, and an inherent sense of noblesse oblige, as Ackerman notes, prior to the war Hampton served almost without distinction in the South Carolina General Assembly - with the exception of his opposition to reopening the slave trade. Hampton did not favor secession, but once South Carolina left the Union, he committed himself fully to the Confederate effort and thus began his path to legend. Ackerman follows Hampton from amateur soldier to decorated cavalry leader, from multiple wounds at Gettysburg to the defense of the Confederate flank at Petersburg. Hampton eventually succeeded J. E. B. Stuart as commander of Lee's cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia and distinguished himself as one of three non - West Point graduates to attain the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate army. Emotionally and financially devastated by the Confederacy's defeat, Hampton briefly pondered continuing the conflict as a guerrilla war before emerging as a leading advocate for policies of moderation. His election to the governorship in 1876 brought an end to Federal Reconstruction in South Carolina. Ackerman elaborates on Hampton's limited success in enacting policies of moderation and his eventual defeat at the hands of virulent racists and anti-autocratic populists. Ackerman suggests that, despite some success as governor and later as a U.S. senator, Hampton was ultimately overwhelmed by forces of racism, with tragic consequences for his state, yet he remains for many a revered icon of the Old South.…

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. ex-library, usual library markings, otherwise a clean, sound copy, barely used, octavo, 341 pages, first printing.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. First Edition. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. (2007). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 341 pp., remainder mark . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Some sticker glue residue on the back cover of the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Fantasy Publishing Co. 1947 First edition. First Issue. 42 pages. Contents page is listed in photos. Good condition with wear and rubbing to covers and spine. Toning to pages, small tear top edge front cover and first page. See photos cllphE. Milo (cover art), Neil Austin, Charles McNutt, Robert K. Murphy (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fantasy Publishing Co. 1947 First edition. First Issue. 42 pages. Contents page is listed in photos. Good condition with wear and rubbing to covers and spine. Toning to pages. See photos mag17. Milo (cover art), Neil Austin, Charles McNutt, Robert K. Murphy (illustrator).…

ACKERMAN, Robert K. Wade Hampton III. [Columbia]: The University of South Carolina Press, [2007]. 1st ed. xv,341pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. Biography of the Confederate cavalry general, later governor of South Carolina. .

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 341 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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