Brierfield - Plantation Home of Jefferson Davis (Paperback)

This is the story of a house, ""Brierfield,"" and incidentally of a man, Jefferson Davis, and his family. The author traces the story of ""Brierfield"" from its construction in the antebellum period to its final disappearance in the twentieth century, a victim of war, floods, and fire. Most people associate Jefferson Davis with ""Beauvoir,"" his home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the years after 1865, but ""Brierfield"" was his home during the most productive years of his life. We see Davis here as a young planter, a United States Representative and Senator, a Mexican War hero, United States Secretary of War, and President of the Confederate States of America. The tangled web of relationships involving Davis, his second wife, Varina Howell of Natchez, and his older brother and substitute father, Joseph Davis of nearby ""Hurricane Plantation,"" unfolds against the physical setting of ""Brierfield.

General

Imprint:	University Press Of Mississippi
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	August 2009
Authors:	Jr. Everett Edgar
Dimensions:	216 x 133 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	158
ISBN-13:	978-1-60473-375-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Promotions
LSN:	1-60473-375-6
Barcode:	9781604733754

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!