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A war of words : the rhetorical leadership of Jefferson Davis / R. Jarrod Atchison.

Author: Atchison, R. Jarrod (Robert Jarrod), 1979- author.

ImprintTuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]

Imprint2017.

Descriptionxiii, 119 pages ; 24 cm

Note:Decorum in Davis's resignation from the senate -- Civic republicanism in Davis's inaugural address -- Amplification in Davis's defense of conscription -- Conspiracy rhetoric in Davis's response to the Emancipation Proclamation -- Pragmatism and desperation in Davis's push for conditional emancipation.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages109-113) and index.



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Author:
Atchison, R. Jarrod (Robert Jarrod), 1979- author.
Subject:
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Subject:
Confederate States of America. President.
Confederate States of America -- Politics and government.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.