James Z. George : Mississippi's great commoner /
"When the Mississippi school boy is asked who is called the 'Great Commoner' of public life in his State," wrote Mississippi's premier historian Dunbar Rowland in 1901, "he will unhesitatingly answer James Z. George." While George's prominence, along with his...
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University Press of Mississippi,
2012
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 "A Struggle with Unfriendly Circumstances": Childhood, 1826-1846; CHAPTER 2 "Young without Position or Wealth": Manhood, 1846-1850; CHAPTER 3 "Ambitious in My Profession": Maturity, 1850-1856; CHAPTER 4 "The Aim of My Official Labors": Wealth, 1856-1860; CHAPTER 5 "This Movement of Secession": Changes, 1860-1861; CHAPTER 6 "The Duties of My Office": Captain, 1861-1862; CHAPTER 7 "My Far-Distant Prison Home": Johnson's Island, 1862; CHAPTER 8 "I Report to Gov. Pettus": State Brigadier General, 1862-1863.
- CHAPTER 9 "With Gallantry Discarding Caution": Confederate Colonel, 1863CHAPTER 10 "My Prison Home": Johnson's Island, Again, 1863-1865; CHAPTER 11 "One of the Ablest Lawyers in the State": Reconstruction, 1865-1873; CHAPTER 12 "Surrounded with Difficulties Unprecedented": Politics, 1873-1875; CHAPTER 13 "The Glorious and Decisive Victory": Redemption, 1875; CHAPTER 14 "Eliminating the Last Vestige of Republican Domination": Rewards, 1876-1881; CHAPTER 15 "I Have to Go to the Capitol Now to Do Some Work": First Senate Term, 1881-1886.
- CHAPTER 16 "The Demands on Me Are Incessant": Second Senate Term, 1886-1890CHAPTER 17 "The Central Figure of the Convention": Constitutional Convention, 1890; CHAPTER 18 "I Will Correct Them at the Proper Time": Defense, 1890-1891; CHAPTER 19 "Seems to Be Worn Out": Third Senate Term, 1892-1897; CHAPTER 20 "Death Came Very Peacefully": Death, 1897; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
