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The Making of Jefferson Davis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Bruce Collins
Bruce Collins
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Lecturer in History in the Department of Modern History, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ.
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , December 1984 , pp. 437 - 442
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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