| Flight Into Oblivion Contributor(s): Hanna, A. J. (Author), Davis, William C. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0807123943 ISBN-13: 9780807123942 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.713 |
| LCCN: 98050886 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.48" W x 8.18" (0.84 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hanna begins with General Lee's fatal telegram and the hasty exodus of Jefferson Davis and high officials to Danville, then Greensboro and Charlotte. From there the Confederate Cabinet dispersed, and the author follows each man's adventurous course in detail. Most of the fugitives headed for the pine barrens and scrub lands of Florida but were soon apprehended. Only John C. Breckinridge and Judah P. Benjamin successfully escaped, outwitting Federal officials and pirates along their way to Cuba. A classic work that makes for fabulous, spirited reading, Flight Into Oblivion, first published in 1938, soars once again accompanied by William Davis's crackling new introduction. |