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Frock coats and epaulets : the men who led the confederacy
Title:
Frock coats and epaulets : the men who led the confederacy
Author:
Mapp, Alf J., Jr. (Alf Johnson), 1925-2011 author.
Publication Information:
Lanham ; Boulder ; New York London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

[United States] : Distributed by National Book Network

©2015
Physical Description:
501 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Summary:
The passion of Robert E. Lee and the Puritan streak in cavalier J. E. B. Stuart are only two of the surprises in Alf J. Mapp Jr.'s highly regarded psychological analysis of Confederate military and political leaders. In this beautifully written book, Mapp also brings to life the defensively genteel Jefferson Davis, the paradoxially bold retreater Joseph E. Johnston, the amazingly transformed "Stonewall" Jackson, and the mysterious and astonishingly durable Judah P. Benjamin. Mapp's first-rate scholarship, fresh insights, and exciting prose have made Frock Coats and Epaulets essential reading for generations of historians and readers interested in the Civil War. Revised and including a new introduction and updated bibliography, Mapp's classic study of the men who led the Confederate rebellion against the United States will appeal to a whole new generation of Americans. --
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: Some Plain Talk on Rebels & Yankees -- I. Jefferson Davis: Aristocrat by Design -- II. Robert E Lee: Man of Disciplined Fire -- III. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson: Joshua in Gray -- IV. Judah P. Benjamin: The Smiling Lion -- V. Joseph E. Johnston: Bold Retreater -- VI. J.E.B. Stuart: Knight of the Golden Spurs.
ISBN:
9781442248762
Format :
Book