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WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY AND THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR [Buy it!] | Walther, Eric H. | USD 40.00 (Sat May 25 21:21:03 2024) | Abebooks | Cornerstone Books | ISBN10: 0807830275, ISBN13: 9780807830277, [publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC] Hardcover First Edition This work is a comprehensive biography of William Lowndes Yancey, one of the leading secessionists of the Old South. More than a portrait of an influential political figure before and during the Civil War, this study also presents a nuanced look at the roots of Southern honor, violence, and understandings of manhood as they developed in the nineteenth century. The book contains illustrations, notes, bibliography, and an index. This HARDCOVER copy is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the half title, and is clean and solid. [Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006] |