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Book Reviews of Jefferson Davis: A Life from Beginning to End (American Civil War)

Jefferson Davis: A Life from Beginning to End (American Civil War)
Jefferson Davis A Life from Beginning to End - American Civil War
Author: Hourly History
ISBN-13: 9781653113286
ISBN-10: 1653113286
Publication Date: 12/30/2019
Pages: 44
Rating:
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5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Independently published
Book Type: Paperback
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Thank you, Hourly History, for writing a bio of Jefferson Davis. Although a southerner, I've really never been impressed with Jefferson Davis. To my way of thinking, he was just sitting behind a desk while the real men were out fighting. However, I've been reading other books and Davis was an important somebody in the US before he chose to join the Confederacy. He has been mentioned in passing(books on the Mexican-American War, Life of Robert E Lee, and others) and he really was an outstanding statesman, West Point graduate, and soldier.

This book puts a human face on an important figure of the Civil War. He was much more conciliatory than I expected in his life in Congress. I was surprised to read that Andrew Johnson thought Jefferson Davis had something to do with Lincoln's death. I wonder where Davis got the $100,000 bail he paid before he traveled to Quebec to join his family. This book explained what happened to Davis after the war -- and it was certainly interesting and surprising.