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07.01 IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHIES, Political Leaders

07.01.01 : Jefferson Davis, by Hudson Strode, in 3 Volumes (V1, American Patriot, 1808-1861; V2, Confederate President, 1861-1864; V3 Tragic Hero, 1864-1889).  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.02 : Wade Hampton,  Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman, by Walter Brian Cisco, published in 2004.  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.03 : Andrew Jackson, The Life of, a biography by Marquis James, made up of Vol. 1, The Border Captain (1933) and Vol. 2, Portrait of a President (1937).  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.04 : The Raven, a biography of Sam Houston, by Marquis James, published in 1929.  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.05 : Lucius Q. C. Lamar, abiography by Edward Mayes, published in 1896.  [Click on Number to Read Review.] 


07.01.06 : Jefferson Davis, A Memoir, by Varina Howell Davis, published in 1890.  [Click on Number to Read Review.] 


07.01.07 : Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart, a biography by Felicity Allen, published in 1999.  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.08 : John C. Calhoun: American Portrait, by Margaret L. Coit, published in 1950.  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.09 : John Tyler:  Champion of the Old South, a biography by Oliver P. Chitwood, published in 1939.  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.10 :  Thomas Jefferson, a biography by Dumas Malone is 6 volumes, (overall title: Jefferson and His Times) published 1948-1981.  [Click on Number to Read Review]


07.01.11 :  Jefferson Davis, Private Letters, 1823-1889, by Hudson Strode, published in 1966.  [Click on number to read review]


07.01.12 : Randolph, John of Roanoke, two biographies recommended:  The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, by Hugh A. Garland, in 2 volumes, published in 1850 and John Randolph of Roanoke: A Study in American Politics, by Russell Kirk, published in 1951.  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.13 : George Washington, a biography by Douglas Southall Freeman, in 7 volumes, published in 1948-1957.  [Click on number to Read Review]


07.01.14 : Founding Fathers: Brief Lives of the Framers of the United States Constitution, published in 1994. (Other editions under the title, A Worthy Company, published in 1982.  [The Society Needs a Contributing Member to Volunteer to Write Up a Review of This Book]


07.01.15 :  Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist, His Letters, Papers, and Speeches; collected and edited by Dunbar Rowland, published as 10 volumes in 1923  [Click on number to read review]


07.01.16 : Zeb Vance: Champion of Personal Freedom, a biography by Glenn Tucker, published in 1965.  [Click on Number to Read Review.]


07.01.17 : Carolina Cavalier: The Life and Mind of James Johnston Pettigrew, a biography by Clyde N. Wilson, published in 1990.  [The Society Needs a Contributing Member to Volunteer to Write Up a Review of This Book]


07.01.18 : James Madison and the Making of America, a biography by Kevin Gutzman, published in 2012.  [The Society Needs a Contributing Member to Volunteer to Write Up a Review of This Book]


07.01.19 : James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity, a biography by Harry Ammon, published in 1971.  [The Society Needs a Contributing Member to Volunteer to Write Up a Review of This Book]


07.01.20 : The Life of Nathaniel Macon, a biography by William E. Dodd, published in 1903.  [The Society Needs a Contributing Member to Volunteer to Write Up a Review of This Book]


07.01.21 : George Washington, The Image and the Man, a biography by W. E. Woodward, published in 1926.   [The Society Needs a Contributing Member to Volunteer to Write Up a Review of This Book]


07.01.22 : Rutledge, John, biography by Richard H. Barry titled, Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina, published in 1941.  [Click on Number to Read Review]


07.01.23 :  Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate Statesman, a biography by Robert Douthat Meade, published in 1943.  [Click on Number to Read Review]


07.01.24 :  James K. Polk, a biography by Walter R. Borneman, subtitled The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America, published in 2008.   [Click on number to read review]


07.01.25 :  Thomas E. Watson, a biography by C. Vann Woodward titled, Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel, published in 1938.  [Click on Number to Read Review]


07.01.26 :  Ben Tillman, a biography by Francis Butler Simpkins titled, Pitchfork Ben Tillman, published in 1964.  [Click on Number to Read Review]


07.01.27 : The Life and Times of Charles Pinckney, by Marty D. Matthews, published in 2004[Click on Number to Read Review[


07.01.28 : Huey Long: A Biography, by T. Harry Williams, published in 1969.  [Click on Number to Read Review]


07.01.29 :  Walter Clark, Fighting Judge, a biography by Aubrey Lee Brooks, published in 1944  [Click on number to read review]


07.01.30 :  Caswell, Richard, North Carolina Governor, Founding Father and Revolutionary Hero, a biography by Joe A. Mobley, published in 2016 [click on number to read review]


07.01.31 : Rebirthing Lincoln, A Biography, by Howard Ray White, published in 2021 [click on number to read review]