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Book Title
The Fire-Eaters
Publication Name
The Fire-Eaters
Title
The Fire-Eaters
Author
Eric H. Walther
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9780807117750
ISBN
9780807117750
Publisher
LSU Press
Genre
History, Political Science
Release Date
30/07/1992
Release Year
1992
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.9in
Item Length
8.9in
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Topic
History & Theory, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Number of Pages
334 Pages

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In the early 1850s, northerners and southerners alike used the term fire-eater to describe anyone whose views were clearly outside the political mainstream. Eventually, though, the word came to be most closely identified with those southerners who were staunch and unyielding advocates of secession. In this broadly researched and illuminating study, Eric H. Walther examines the lives of nine of the most prominent fire-eaters: Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, William Lowndes Yancey, John Anthony Quitman, Robert Barnwell Rhett, Laurence M. Keitt, Louis T. Wigfall, James D.B. De Bow, Edmund Ruffin, and William Porcher Miles. Walther paints skillful portraits of his subjects, analyzing their backgrounds, personalities, and contributions to the movement for disunion. Although they shared the common goal of southern independence, Walther shows that in many respects the fire-eaters differed markedly from one another. It was their very diversity, he maintains, that enabled them to appeal to such a wide spectrum of southern opinion and thereby rally support for secession. In his exploration of the role of the fire-eaters in the secession movement, Walther touches upon a number of perennial themes in southern history, including the appeal of proslavery thought and southern expansionism, the place of education and industrialization in antebellum southern society, the significance of oratory in southern culture, and the nature of southern nationalism. He also describes the fire-eaters' activities on behalf of the Confederacy and traces the course of their lives after the war. The Fire-Eaters makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the secession movement and the context in which it developed. There is no other study available that treats these men as a group and that delineates their manifold differences as well as their similarities. Walther shows that secessionism was not a monolithic ideology but rather a movement that emerged from many sources, spoke in many voices, and responded to a number of regional problems, needs, and aspirations.

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Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807117757
ISBN-13
9780807117750
eBay Product ID (ePID)
909461

Product Key Features

Author
Eric H. Walther
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History & Theory, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
334 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E459.W25 1992
Publication Name
Fire-Eaters
Copyright Date
1992
Lccn
91-038321
Dewey Decimal
973.7130922
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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