Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederacy (Historical American Biographies)

Burch, Joann Johansen; Lynch, Joann J.

ISBN 10: 0766010643 ISBN 13: 9780766010642

Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Traces the life of the president of the Confederacy from his childhood, through his rise in Southern politics, and to his role as leader of the South during the Civil War

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8-This brief but inclusive biography is also a parallel introduction to the causes and major events of the Civil War. The well-organized text is clear and readable, with short, simply constructed sentences. Well-designed half-page sidebars explain important terms or events such as "popular sovereignty," and "54-40 or Fight." Direct quotations from the subject's personal letters and his wife's memoirs appear throughout the well-documented presentation as do well-chosen illustrations and maps. Robert R. Potter's Jefferson Davis (RSVP, 1993) has more extensive coverage, but no footnotes or citations, and focuses on Davis's controversial nature as one who stubbornly refused to ask for a pardon or pledge his allegiance to the United States. Both titles are useful additions to biography collections.
Phyllis Graves, Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0766010643
• ISBN 13: 9780766010642
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 128