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- catalog abstract "One was a robust charmer given to fits of passion, whose physical appeal could captivate women as easily as his words cajoled colleagues. The other was a frail, melancholy man of quiet intellect, whose ailments drove him eventually to alcohol and drug addiction. Born into different social classes, they were as opposite as men could be. Yet these sons of Georgia, Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens, became fast friends and together changed the course of the South. William C. Davis has written a biography of a friendship that captures the Confederacy in microcosm. He tells how Toombs and Stephens dominated the formation of the new nation and served as its vice president and secretary of state. After years of disillusionment, each abandoned participation in southern politics and left to its own fate a Confederacy that would not dance to their tune. Davis traces the unlikely relationship of Stephens and Toombs from their early days in the Georgia legislature through the trials of secession and war, revealing how both men persevered during the war and developed a deep animosity toward Jefferson Davis. He then chronicles their postwar lives up to the emotional moments when Toombs stood eulogizing his long-time friend at his funeral, just four months after Stephens was elected governor of the Georgia they had loved as much as one another. Drawing on primary sources, including Stephens's voluminous letters and Toombs's widely scattered papers, Davis tells how two men of different temperaments remained friends, out of step with all but a few and occasionally even with each other. He concentrates on their Confederate years, when the fraternity they shared had its greatest impact, to show how together they embodied both the strengths and the weaknesses of the Confederacy.".
- catalog alternative "Robert Toombs & Alexander H. Stephens".
- catalog contributor b12052894.
- catalog coverage "Confederate States of America Politics and government.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Disunion and Reunion -- The Making of a Friendship -- The Breaking of a Friendship -- Founding Fathers -- Disillusionment -- Loyal Opposition? -- Enemies Front and Rear -- Uncivil War -- Exultations, Agonies, and Love.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-280) and index.".
- catalog description "One was a robust charmer given to fits of passion, whose physical appeal could captivate women as easily as his words cajoled colleagues. The other was a frail, melancholy man of quiet intellect, whose ailments drove him eventually to alcohol and drug addiction. Born into different social classes, they were as opposite as men could be. Yet these sons of Georgia, Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens, became fast friends and together changed the course of the South. William C. Davis has written a biography of a friendship that captures the Confederacy in microcosm. He tells how Toombs and Stephens dominated the formation of the new nation and served as its vice president and secretary of state. After years of disillusionment, each abandoned participation in southern politics and left to its own fate a Confederacy that would not dance to their tune. Davis traces the unlikely relationship of Stephens and Toombs from their early days in the Georgia legislature through the trials of secession and war, revealing how both men persevered during the war and developed a deep animosity toward Jefferson Davis. He then chronicles their postwar lives up to the emotional moments when Toombs stood eulogizing his long-time friend at his funeral, just four months after Stephens was elected governor of the Georgia they had loved as much as one another. Drawing on primary sources, including Stephens's voluminous letters and Toombs's widely scattered papers, Davis tells how two men of different temperaments remained friends, out of step with all but a few and occasionally even with each other. He concentrates on their Confederate years, when the fraternity they shared had its greatest impact, to show how together they embodied both the strengths and the weaknesses of the Confederacy.".
- catalog extent "xi, 284 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Union that shaped the Confederacy.".
- catalog identifier "070061088X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Union that shaped the Confederacy.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Union that shaped the Confederacy.".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America".
- catalog spatial "Georgia".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973/7/13/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "E467 .D3 2001".
- catalog subject "Friendship Confederate States of America Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Governors Georgia Biography.".
- catalog subject "Legislators United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen Confederate States of America Biography.".
- catalog subject "Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress Biography.".
- catalog subject "Vice-Presidents Confederate States of America Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Disunion and Reunion -- The Making of a Friendship -- The Breaking of a Friendship -- Founding Fathers -- Disillusionment -- Loyal Opposition? -- Enemies Front and Rear -- Uncivil War -- Exultations, Agonies, and Love.".
- catalog title "Robert Toombs & Alexander H. Stephens".
- catalog title "The union that shaped the Confederacy : Robert Toombs & Alexander H. Stephens / William C. Davis.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".