Kentucky's last cavalier : General William Preston, 1816-1887 / Peter J. Sehlinger.

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Sehlinger, Peter J

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Kentucky Historical Society

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: [Frankfort, Ky.] : Kentucky Historical Society, 2004Distributor: Lexington : Distributed by the University Press of KentuckyDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813159751
081315975X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kentucky's last cavalier.DDC classification:

973.7/3/092 22

LOC classification:

E467.1.P86 S44 2004eb

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Contents:

Boyhood -- Youth -- Husband and soldier -- Legislator -- At the court of Spain -- Fighting for southern independence -- Minister to Mexico -- After the war.

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Review: "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."Summary: "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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.

Boyhood -- Youth -- Husband and soldier -- Legislator -- At the court of Spain -- Fighting for southern independence -- Minister to Mexico -- After the war.

"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."

"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

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