A Good Southerner : The Life of Henry a Wise of Virginia
by Craig M. Simpson
2020-07-24 13:40:13
A Good Southerner : The Life of Henry a Wise of Virginia
by Craig M. Simpson
2020-07-24 13:40:13
Wise (1806-76) was extremely active on the Virginia and national political scene from the early 1830s to the mid-1860s, drawing popular support because of his projection of hopefulness and energy. Regarded as eccentric, Wise is given, in this study, ...
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Wise (1806-76) was extremely active on the Virginia and national political scene from the early 1830s to the mid-1860s, drawing popular support because of his projection of hopefulness and energy. Regarded as eccentric, Wise is given, in this study, an interpretation that finds consistency in his life-long controversial and impulsive behavior. Simpson stresses Wise''s ambivalent attitude toward slaves and slave-holding, authority and authority figures, and Virginia and the United States.
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