Rhett

the turbulent life and times of a fire-eater

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Publication

2001 - University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

175,500 words, Guess

Page Count

702 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archiverhettturbulentli0000davi
ISBN-101570034397
ISBN-139781570034398
Library of Congress Control Number2001005098
OCLC Control Number47849397

and 2 more

Better World Books9781570034398
Open LibraryOL3938958M

Classifications

DDC973.7/13/092
DDCB
LCCF273 .R48 D38 2001

and 1 more

LCCF273.R48 D38 2001

Description

"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."--BOOK JACKET.