Thomas Lanier Clingman: Fire Eater from the Carolina Mountains is the first book-length biography of one of the most important; colorful; and controversial figures in nineteenth-century American life. A man of enormous intellect and intense ambition whose ultimate goal was nothing less than the presidency; Clingman was a lawyer; entrepreneur; Civil War general; inventor; amateur scientist; explorer; and; as a U.S. congressman and senator; one of the foremost champions of southern rights. Thomas E. Jeffrey's explanation of how a leading advocate of this cause could thrive within an environment where slavery was only a marginal institution provides fresh insights into the political culture of southern Appalachia; the character of the southern rights movement; and the coming of the Civil War.
#251572 in Books Citadel Press 1989-12-07Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 #File Name: 0818405023250 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Poor Book on the Hudson River ChainBy CustomerThe book was too discriptive and not analytical enough. The book should have used example like Morristown winter road to West Point Chain as geographic determinism.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Tonya BoneAwesome1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Interesting ReadBy John C. SeyerVery interesting historical account. Learned alot not only about the chain; but the Revolutionary War and the part the Hudson Valley played in it.
