Author:
Walther, Eric H., 1960-
Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.
Descriptionxi, 477 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Note:Introduction -- Jordan's stormy banks -- Rebellion and Union -- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina -- Politician -- Party and honor -- The Alabama platform -- Secessionist -- Creating the "leaven of disunion" -- Public man, private life -- Yancey and the house divided -- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter -- The conventions of 1860 -- The voice of the South -- The men and the hours -- In King Arthur's court -- Journeys home -- The main pillar of the Confederacy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-459) and index.
