Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater

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William C. Davis's biography of Robert Barnwell Rhett provides a definitive picture of South Carolina's most prominent secessionist and arguably the best known in the nation during the two decades leading up to the Civil War. Dubbed the "Father of Secession," Rhett attached himself to South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun, but grew more zealous than his mentor on the secession issue. Rhett first raised the possibility of secession in 1826, well before Calhoun adopted the notion, and would ever after hold fast ...
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Overview

William C. Davis's biography of Robert Barnwell Rhett provides a definitive picture of South Carolina's most prominent secessionist and arguably the best known in the nation during the two decades leading up to the Civil War. Dubbed the "Father of Secession," Rhett attached himself to South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun, but grew more zealous than his mentor on the secession issue. Rhett first raised the possibility of secession in 1826, well before Calhoun adopted the notion, and would ever after hold fast to his one great idea. In this examination of Rhett's personal and political endeavors, Davis draws upon many newly found sources to reveal the extremism that would make and mar Rhett's adult life.
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Explanations for the American Civil War often focus on the activities of Northern abolitionists and Southern fire-eaters, who are often blamed for their inability to compromise. This life of Robert Barnwell Rhett chronicles one of the earliest, best known, and most extreme of the fire-eaters. Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and author or editor of over 50 books, including Rhett's memoirs, A Fire-Eater Remembers, Davis draws on an impressive selection of primary and secondary sources to produce this well-written biography of a central figure in the development of secessionist thought. Libraries desiring a comprehensive Civil War collection will want this, but others may be content with more general volumes such as Eric H. Walther's The Fire-Eaters (LJ 7/92). Recommended for larger academic and public libraries with an interest in a comprehensive Civil War collection. Theresa McDevitt, Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781570034398
  • Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
  • Publication date: 11/3/2001
  • Pages: 788
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.18 (h) x 1.53 (d)

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