Pollard, Edward A.

Life of Jefferson Davis, with a Secret History of the Southern Confederacy, Gathered "Behind the Scenes in Richmond"; Containing Curious and Extraordinary Information of the Principal Southern Characters in the Late War, in Connection with President Davis, and in Relation to the Various Intrigues of His Administration.

Philadelphia, PA [and other places]: National Publishing Co., (c1869). First edition. 8vo. viii, 536 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Davis. Howes P-454. Nevins II, p. 83: "Pollard regarded his subject with thinly veiled hostility; he charged him with incompetence, self-delusion, and responsibility for the failure of the Confederacy." Dornbusch III, 238. Nicholson, p. 653. Owner's name on endpaper, but a still a good solid copy. Original gilt-stamped rust cloth (rubbed, corners and edges bumped, spine ends somewhat frayed). (10092). Item #63588

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