LEADER 03237nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910452006903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-7734-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467159 035 $a(EBL)837902 035 $a(OCoLC)82369009 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272132 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207172 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272132 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10296365 035 $a(PQKB)10791074 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837902 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837902 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273404 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930490 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467159 100 $a20060109d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWilliam Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War$b[electronic resource] /$fEric H. Walther 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (492 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2842-2 311 $a0-8078-3027-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [435]-459) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Jordan's stormy banks -- Rebellion and Union -- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina -- Politician -- Party and honor -- The Alabama platform -- Secessionist -- Creating the "leaven of disunion" -- Public man, private life -- Yancey and the house divided -- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter -- The conventions of 1860 -- The voice of the South -- The men and the hours -- In King Arthur's court -- Journeys home -- The main pillar of the Confederacy. 330 $aIWilliam Lowndes Yancey (1814-63) was one of the leading secessionists of the Old South. In this first comprehensive biography, Eric H. Walther examines the personality and political life of the uncompromising fire-eater.Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, and hypocritical. His personal journey led him through a series of mentors who transformed his political views, and upon moving to frontier Alabama in his twenties, Yancey's penchant for rhet 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aLegislators$zAlabama$vBiography 606 $aSecession$zAlabama 606 $aStatesmen$zConfederate States of America$vBiography 606 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aAlabama$xPolitics and government$yTo 1865 607 $aConfederate States of America$xPolitics and government 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLegislators 615 0$aSecession 615 0$aStatesmen 615 0$aLegislators 676 $a973.7/13092 676 $aB 700 $aWalther$b Eric H.$f1960-$0948017 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452006903321 996 $aWilliam Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War$92142784 997 $aUNINA