Project Gutenberg 2013-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 186 Alfriend, Frank H. (Frank Heath) 1841 1887 07023799 The Life of Jefferson Davis Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Life of Jefferson Davis" by Frank H. Alfriend is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States of America, and aims to provide an extensive narration of his life, particularly emphasizing his leadership during the Civil War and the principles behind the Confederate cause. Alfriend positions Davis as a key figure in American history who has been unjustly criticized due to the outcome of the conflict. The opening of the book presents a preface where Alfriend expresses his candid acknowledgment of the challenges he faced in writing about Davis. He discusses the significant historical context of Davis's life, particularly the perception of him as a controversial figure following the Confederacy's failure. Alfriend emphasizes his intention to present a narrative grounded in truth, free from sectional bias, while also underscoring the principles of states' rights that Davis championed throughout his political career. By highlighting the dichotomies in the perception of Davis— as both a valiant leader and a reviled figure— the opening sets the stage for a detailed exploration of Davis's birth, education, military career, and political ascent, foreshadowing a nuanced examination of his legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43329/43329-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 42.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 E456 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 1322599 2025-06-17T13:09:44.778843 text/html 1337414 2013-07-27T13:48:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 573228 2025-06-17T13:09:58.422799 application/epub+zip 589172 2025-06-17T13:09:46.889813 application/epub+zip 555339 2025-06-17T13:09:45.884828 application/epub+zip 920093 2025-06-17T13:10:07.635709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 829802 2025-06-17T13:09:57.248794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 796679 2022-09-19T18:16:37.737650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1249168 2023-09-19T04:11:40.328087 text/plain 15936 2025-06-17T13:10:07.795686 application/rdf+xml 7593 2025-06-17T13:09:46.026799 image/jpeg 1542 2025-06-17T13:09:45.955819 image/jpeg 552141 2025-06-17T13:09:44.888808 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog