Christopher Grasso

Teacher, Preacher, Soldier, Spy

The Civil Wars of John R. Kelso

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Produktbeschreibung

The epic life story of a schoolteacher and preacher in Missouri, guerrilla fighter in the Civil War, Congressman, freethinking lecturer and author, and anarchist.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 167mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 916g
• ISBN-13: 9780197547328
• ISBN-10: 019754732X
• Artikelnr.: 61937841

Autorenporträt

Christopher Grasso is Professor of History at the College of William & Mary and was the editor of the William and Mary Quarterly. He is the author of A Speaking Aristocracy: Transforming Public Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Connecticut and Skepticism and American Faith from the Revolution to the Civil War and the editor of Bloody Engagements: John R. Kelso's Civil War.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: John R. Kelso and American Manhood
1: I Will Rule
2: Hauntings
3: Hell Town
4: Wanderer upon the Earth
5: Words on Fire
6: Who the Devil Are You, Anyway?
7: My Dear Susie, the Bullets Began to Scream
8: Thieves, Cut-Throats, and Confederates
9: I Am Kelso
10: Hero of the South West
11: Electioneering with a Big Shotgun
12: Captain Kelso Goes to Congress
13: The Great Mistake
14: The Cold, Dark River
15: Great Infidel
16: Mirages
17: Heaven on Earth
Conclusion: Representative Man
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index