| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Boyhood -- Youth -- Husband and soldier -- Legislator -- At the court of Spain -- Fighting for southern independence -- Minister to Mexico -- After the war |
| Summary |
"William Preston - politician, diplomat, and Confederate general - was the epitome of the antebellum southern landed aristocracy. Born to a well-to-do, well-connected Louisville family, the son of a Revolutionary War veteran, he was educated at Yale and Harvard and married the daughter of Kentucky's largest slaveholder." |
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"As this biography shows, Preston was Kentucky's last cavalier, the beau ideal of the Old South, a dashing defender of the old aristocracy both in the political realm and on the battlefield. His is a multidimensional story of power and privilege, family connections and gender roles, public service and proslavery politics. As Kentucky state historian James C. Klotter declares in the foreword, Preston's life "reveals much about his entire generation and his world.""--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Preston, William, 1816-1887.
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Preston, William, 1816-1887 fast |
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Preston, William (Soldat) swd |
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography
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Confederate States of America. Army fast |
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Generals
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Kentucky -- History -- 1792-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85071967
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Kentucky
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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History
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kentucky Historical Society.
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| ISBN |
9780813159751 |
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081315975X |
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