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by Janet Sharp Hermann

ISBN: 087805488X
ISBN13: 978-0878054886
Language: English
Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi; First Edition edition (March 1, 1991)
Pages: 196
Category: Americas
Subategory: History

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Joseph E. In this biography of Joseph E. Davis, elder brother of and adviser to Jefferson Davis, award-winning author Janet Sharp Hermann provides a fascinating instrument through which to observe nearly a century of American history, from the Revolution and the War of 1812 through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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Joseph Emory Davis (10 December 1784 – 18 September 1870) was an American lawyer who became one of the wealthiest planters in Mississippi in the . Hermann, Janet Sharp (1990). Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch. University Press of Mississippi.

Joseph Emory Davis (10 December 1784 – 18 September 1870) was an American lawyer who became one of the wealthiest planters in Mississippi in the antebellum era; he owned thousands of acres of land and was among the nine men in Mississippi who owned more than 300 slaves. He was the elder brother (by 23 years) of Jefferson Davis and acted as his surrogate father for several years. The younger Davis became a politician, . Senator and later President of the Confederacy. Tell us if something is incorrect.

Janet Hermann writes here of two men-Joseph Davis . C. Vann Woodward Janet Sharp Hermann, a freelance writer and historian, is the author of Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch (University Press of Mississippi).

Janet Hermann writes here of two men-Joseph Davis, the slaveholder and brother of the president of the Confederacy, and Benjamin Montgomery, an educated freedman. In 1866 Montgomery began the experiment at Davis Bend. The Pursuit of a Dream, published in 1981, received the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the McLemore Prize of the Mississippi Historical Society, and the Silver Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California.

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DE. A closely observed view of the nineteenth-century South in a biography of the Confederate president"s elder brother.

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In this biography of Joseph E. Davis, elder brother of and adviser to Jefferson Davis, award-winning author Janet Sharp Hermann provides a fascinating instrument through which to observe nearly a century of American history, from the Revolution and the War of 1812 through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Through his brother's influence and through his own ingenuity Davis encountered many who were prominent in the history of nineteenth-century America, including U.S. presidents, politicians, Confederate generals, and important figures of the antebellum and postwar South. The prism of Joseph E. Davis's life offers a vibrant portrait of an incredible century.

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Munigrinn

Joseph Davis is one of the most remarkable men I have read about. His story of working in law...assisted in making MS a State, Agricultural giant, the impact of the civil war on him and his beloved Hurricane Plantation in Vicksburg..and his last days spent recovering from his war loses and trying to find a place to live...calling in loans he had made to friends and family. Joseph gave a Plantation to his brother but did not follow-up with the documents. He sold his Plantation to his black Plantation Manager and floods destroyed the estate...The Davis family, after Joseph's death, fought for payment in the courts for years and apparently the land ended up with Joseph's great grand daughter (born out of wedlock)...a remarkable story about a remarkable man. If there was ever a story calling out to be filmed...this is it.

Binar

Janet Sharp Hermann has done a magnificent job of portraying this giant of a man. It is a spellbound account of a time and a place now almost forgotten. Her scholarship and research talents are made plain by the way she brings out the nature of Joseph E. Davis and his relationship with his family and especially his servants. His forbearance and high-spirited way of coping with the adversity he faced over the destruction of his property during the Civil War and the after-years were inspiring.