Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 423
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ISBN-10 : 9780807867129
ISBN-13 : 0807867128
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Dictionary of North Carolina Biography by : William S. Powell

The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.

South Carolina Biographical Dictionary

South Carolina Biographical Dictionary
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Publisher : Somerset Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages : 854
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ISBN-10 : 9780403093076
ISBN-13 : 0403093074
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis South Carolina Biographical Dictionary by : Jan Onofrio

South Carolina Biographical Dictionary contains biographies on hundreds of persons from diverse vocations that were either born, achieved notoriety and/or died in the state of South Carolina. Prominent persons, in addition to the less eminent, that have played noteworthy roles are included in this resource. When people are recognized from your state or locale it brings a sense of pride to the residents of the entire state.

Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography

Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography
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Publisher : American Library Association
Total Pages : 589
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ISBN-10 : 9780838912966
ISBN-13 : 0838912966
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography by : Mary K. Mannix

Profiling more than 1400 print and electronic sources, this book helps connect librarians and researchers to the most relevant sources of information in genealogy and biography.

North Carolina Through Four Centuries

North Carolina Through Four Centuries
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 671
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ISBN-10 : 9780807898987
ISBN-13 : 0807898988
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis North Carolina Through Four Centuries by : William S. Powell

This successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers. For years to come, this will be the standard college text and an essential reference for home and office.

The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals

The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 967
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ISBN-10 : 9781684512799
ISBN-13 : 1684512794
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals by : Samuel W. Mitcham

A renown military historian and frequent television commenter brings to life the generalship of the South during the Civil War in sparkling, information-filled vignettes. For both the Civil War completist and the general reader! Anyone acquainted with the American Civil War will readily recognize the names of the Confederacy’s most prominent generals. Robert E. Lee. Stonewall Jackson. James Longstreet. These men have long been lionized as fearless commanders and genius tacticians. Yet few have heard of the hundreds of generals who led under and alongside them. Men whose battlefield resolve spurred the Confederacy through four years of the bloodiest combat Americans have ever faced. In The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals, veteran Civil War historian, Samuel W. Mitcham, documents the lives of every Confederate general from birth to death, highlighting their unique contributions to the battlefield and bringing their personal triumphs and tragedies to life. Packed with photos and historical briefings, The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals belongs on the shelf of every Civil War historian, and preserves in words the legacies once carved in stone.

Masters of the Big House

Masters of the Big House
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Publisher : LSU Press
Total Pages : 541
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ISBN-10 : 9780807131558
ISBN-13 : 0807131555
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Masters of the Big House by : William Kauffman Scarborough

William Kauffman Scarborough has produced a work of incomparable scope and depth, offering the challenge to see afresh one of the most powerful groups in American history—the wealthiest southern planters who owned 250 or more slaves in the census years of 1850 and 1860. The identification and tabulation in every slaveholding state of these lords of economic, social, and political influence reveals a highly learned class of men who set the tone for southern society while also involving themselves in the wider world of capitalism. Scarborough examines the demographics of elite families, the educational philosophy and religiosity of the nabobs, gender relations in the Big House, slave management methods, responses to secession, and adjustment to the travails of Reconstruction and an alien postwar world.

General Benjamin Smith

General Benjamin Smith
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780786485284
ISBN-13 : 0786485280
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis General Benjamin Smith by : Alan D. Watson

This biography is about one of North Carolina's early governors, an advocate for public education in the post-Colonial period. Benjamin Smith (1757-1826) came from a distinguished South Carolina family and acquired enormous wealth in the Cape Fear region as a member of the planter class. Like his elite white peers, Smith was active in public life, in county government and as a legislator in state politics. He promoted public schools, the University of North Carolina, domestic manufacturing, banking, penal reform, and internal improvements. Earning the nickname "General" because of his militia activities, he rose to governorship but ended up dying in poverty.

Reading Southern History

Reading Southern History
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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9780817311025
ISBN-13 : 0817311025
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Reading Southern History by : Glenn Feldman

This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of American southern history and culture. The volume includes 18 chapters on such notable historians as John Hope Franklin, Anne Firor Scott and W.J. Cash.