Davis, Jefferson: Bibliography

See his papers, ed. by H. M. Monroe, Jr., et al (13 vol., 1972–); biographies by W. E. Dodd (1907, repr. 1966), H. Strode (4 vol., 1955–66), W. C. Davis (1991), and W. J. Cooper, Jr. (2000); V. H. Davis, Jefferson Davis: A Memoir (1890); B. J. Hendrick, Statesmen of the Lost Cause (1939); M. B. Ballard, Long Shadow: Jefferson Davis and the Final Days of the Confederacy (1986); W. C. Davis, Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour (1992); J. T. Glatthaar, Partners in Command (1994); J. M. McPherson, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief (2014).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Confederacy and After
• Early Political Career
• Early Life
• Bibliography

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