Jefferson Davis: A Biography

by Clement Eaton

Book Overview

NOT ex-library. Plastic cover, price clipped, light edgewear & rubbing, small date note rfep, o/w tight and clean. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029087406
• ISBN13: 9780029087404
• Release Date: December 1979
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating précis of the tragic Confederate leader's life

Though not a long book, Eaton's biography of Confederate president Jefferson Davis is rich and fascinating reading. Beyond a few repetitions it is quite well written. Although I generally prefer biography in chronological order (and, for the most part, this one is), I did not at all mind the breakdown of Davis's Civil War years into topical sections rather than calendrical. Eaton seems sympathetic to Davis, yet he ultimately paints a picture of a man whose own flaws contributed mightily to the losing of his cause.