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John C. Breckinridge rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in our nation's history. Widely respected, even by his enemies, for his dedication to moderate liberalism, Breckinridge's charisma and integrity led to his election as Vice President at age 35, the youngest ever in America's history. After a decade of being out-of-print, Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol returns as the quintessential biography of one of Kentucky's great moderates. Historian William C. Davis show more sheds light on Breckinridge's life throughout three key periods, spanning his career as a celebrated s. show lessTags
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William C. Davis is a retired history professor who taught at Virginia Tech. An acclaimed expert on the Civil War, he has served on a number of advisory boards, including the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; the American Battlefield Trust; the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia; the National Park Service; and show more the Lincoln Prize and Pulitzer Prize nominating juries. show less
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- Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol
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- John Cabell Breckinridge
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- USA
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- American Civil War (1861 | 1865)
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
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- 973.680924 — History & geography History of North America United States Antebellum Era (1845-1857) Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
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- E415.9 .B79 .D38 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 By period Middle nineteenth century, 1845/1848-1861 Biography
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