{"product_id":"the-quotable-alexander-h-stephens-selections-from-the-writings-and-speeches-of-the-confederacys-first-vice-president-paperback","title":"The Quotable Alexander H. Stephens: Selections from the Writings and Speeches of the Confederacy's First Vice President - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLochlainn Seabrook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens really a \"racist\" Dixiecrat who believed that slavery was the \"cornerstone\" of the Confederacy, as pro-North writers assert? Was he actually guilty of \"treason\" against the U.S., an \"anarchist\" who should have been hanged for leading the secession of the Southern states? Of course not. And \u003cem\u003eThe Quotable Alexander H. Stephens: Selections from the Writings and Speeches of the Confederacy's First Vice President\u003c\/em\u003e, by award-winning Southern historian Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook, proves it!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis well-researched work, a companion to Colonel Seabrook's \u003cem\u003eThe Alexander H. Stephens Reader\u003c\/em\u003e, provides nearly 700 footnoted entries that reveal the authentic man, one completely opposite of the negative image of Stephens fabricated by enemies of the South. Known as one of our country's most kindly and charitable individuals, he was a true friend of the black man, as well as a pro-Unionist who at first campaigned against Southern secession. Also a brilliant thinker, spell-binding orator, and prodigious author, he was, in fact, one of history's most honorable and noble figures, as well as one of America's most extraordinary and interesting statesmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow Stephens in his own words, as he takes us through the development of the U.S. after the American Revolution, and into the growing bitter sectionalism between the traditional South and the progressive North in the 1840s and 1850s. Get a you-are-there view of the entire \"Civil War,\" from the disastrous election of big government Liberal Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, to the tragic fall of the Confederacy and Stephens' illegal imprisonment in the Spring of 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow the frail but feisty Conservative Georgia governor - who turned down offers to run for both U.S. president and C.S. president - from so-called \"Reconstruction\" and the rebuilding of the South (which he helped direct), through the postwar administrations of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur. Along the way, not only do we learn the true cause behind Lincoln's War, but Stephens also lays out the facts concerning Southern slavery and his \"Cornerstone\" speech, while forcefully defending the constitutional right of secession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow the lifelong bachelor-politician (who served in the U.S. government, in one capacity or another, from President Andrew Jackson to President Arthur, a span of forty-seven years) as he discloses his everyday thoughts and personal opinions on everything from the weather and dogs to self-government and states' rights, in this profusely illustrated one-of-a-kind book that is already becoming a standard in Southern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Quotable Alexander H. Stephens\u003c\/em\u003e, the anti-South movement's vicious slander against \"little Aleck,\" as he was affectionately known to his relatives, friends and constituents, is now powerless. Thanks to Colonel Seabrook, the reputation, honor, and memory of Confederate Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens has finally been fully redeemed. Available in paperback and hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonel Seabrook's other works include: \u003cem\u003eAbraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson Davis Was a Conservative; Lincoln's War: The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser; All We Ask is to be Let Alone: The Southern Secession Fact Book; Confederate Monuments: Why Every American Should Honor Confederate Soldiers and Their Memorials; The Unholy Crusade: Lincoln's Legacy of Destruction in the American South; The Great Yankee Coverup: What the North Doesn't Want You to Know About Lincoln's War; Confederacy 101: Amazing Facts You Never Knew About America's Oldest Political Tradition; Everything You Were Taught About American Slavery is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 556\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476827095293,"sku":"9780985863241","price":54.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/u7Smd2y2qm9780985863241.webp?v=1777474462","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-quotable-alexander-h-stephens-selections-from-the-writings-and-speeches-of-the-confederacys-first-vice-president-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}