Edition |
1st Anchor Books ed. |
Description |
402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. |
Note |
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday ... in 2009" -- verso t.p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-389) and index. |
Summary |
In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight's life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South--and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union. |
Contents |
The South's strangest soldier -- Corinth -- Home -- The swamp and the Citadel -- The hounds -- The Third Front -- Banners raised and lowered -- Reconstruction and redemption -- The family tree. |
Subject |
Jones County (Miss.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Knight, Newton, approximately 1829-1922.
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Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Mississippi -- Jones County.
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Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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Jones County (Miss.) -- Biography.
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Added Author |
Stauffer, John, 1965-
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ISBN |
9780767929462 (pbk.) |
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0767929462 (pbk.) |
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