Rhett : the turbulent life and times of a fire-eater / William C. Davis
- Author
- Davis, William C., 1946-
- Published
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2001]
- Copyright Date
- ©2001
- Physical Description
- xiv, 702 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Madam Modesty, 1666-1819 -- All passion, excitement and fire, 1819-1828 -- I am a disunionist! 1828-1832 -- Perseverance will ensure success, 1832-1834 -- The Union must be dissolved, 1834-1837 -- Like rotten fruit, you are only fit to fall, 1837-1838 -- A compound of wild democracy, 1838-1840 -- We are something of Lucifers, 1840-1843 -- There is policy in quarrelling, 1843-1844 -- We must slaughter or be slaughtered, 1844 -- I would rather talk treason than not, 1844-1846 -- A rash and ultra man, 1846-1848 -- Into a circle of fire, 1849-1850 -- Such a fire-eater, 1850-1851 -- The South must be free, 1851-1852 -- Profound retirement, 1852-1856 -- I have already passed out of the world, 1857-1859 -- The tea has been thrown overboard, 1859-1860 -- The fist of South Carolina, 1860-1861 -- We will have run round a circle, 1861 -- A pompous, hard, ambitious man, 1861 -- Literally eaten up with envy, 1861 -- There is something wrong somewhere, 1861-1862 -- Cast out of public life, 1862-1864 -- Let us go on striving, 1864-1867 -- To humble my pride, 1867-1876 -- Do you see yonder star? 1876-1939.
- Subject(s)
- Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876
- United States. Congress. Senate—Biography
- Legislators—South Carolina—Biography
- Secession—South Carolina
- Legislators—United States—Biography
- Statesmen—Confederate States of America—Biography
- South Carolina—Politics and government—1775-1865
- Confederate States of America—Politics and government
- ISBN
- 1570034397 (Hardcover : alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [671]-689) and index.
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