Project Gutenberg 2013-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 77 Alfriend, Frank H. (Frank Heath) 1841 1887 07023799 The Life of Jefferson Davis Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Life of Jefferson Davis" by Frank H. Alfriend is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States of America, and aims to provide an extensive narration of his life, particularly emphasizing his leadership during the Civil War and the principles behind the Confederate cause. Alfriend positions Davis as a key figure in American history who has been unjustly criticized due to the outcome of the conflict. The opening of the book presents a preface where Alfriend expresses his candid acknowledgment of the challenges he faced in writing about Davis. He discusses the significant historical context of Davis's life, particularly the perception of him as a controversial figure following the Confederacy's failure. Alfriend emphasizes his intention to present a narrative grounded in truth, free from sectional bias, while also underscoring the principles of states' rights that Davis championed throughout his political career. By highlighting the dichotomies in the perception of Davis— as both a valiant leader and a reviled figure— the opening sets the stage for a detailed exploration of Davis's birth, education, military career, and political ascent, foreshadowing a nuanced examination of his legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43329/43329-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 E456 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 1322405 1322414 2024-09-18T07:59:34.440466 2023-09-19T04:11:41.865083 text/html text/html 1337414 2013-07-27T13:48:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 540970 2013-07-27T13:48:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 573028 2024-09-18T07:59:47.326398 application/epub+zip 589234 2024-09-18T07:59:36.223434 application/epub+zip 555378 2024-09-18T07:59:35.352452 application/epub+zip 920199 2024-09-18T07:59:56.369358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829810 2024-09-18T07:59:46.247394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 796679 2022-09-19T18:16:37.737650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1249332 1249168 2024-09-18T07:59:32.853459 2023-09-19T04:11:40.328087 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1248949 2013-07-27T13:48:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 452591 2013-07-27T13:48:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1249013 2013-07-27T13:48:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 452482 2013-07-27T13:48:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20402 2024-09-18T07:59:56.525328 application/rdf+xml 7593 2024-09-18T07:59:35.475437 image/jpeg 1542 2024-09-18T07:59:35.414437 image/jpeg 552118 2024-09-18T07:59:34.551452 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog