| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Preston, William, 1816-1887.
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Preston, William, 1816-1887. |
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.
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Confederate States of America. Army. |
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Biographies.
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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Generals. |
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Kentucky -- History -- 1792-1865.
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Kentucky. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1792-1865 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Kentucky Historical Society.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sehlinger, Peter J. Kentucky's last cavalier. [Frankfort, Ky.] : Kentucky Historical Society, 2004 0916968332 (DLC) 2003022252 (OCoLC)53223537 |
| ISBN |
9780813159751 (electronic book) |
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081315975X (electronic book) |
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0916968332 |
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9780916968335 |
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