A Good Southerner: The Life of Henry a Wise of Virginia

Wise (1806-76) was extremely active on the Virginia and national political scene from the early 1830s to the mid-1860s, drawing popular support because of his projection of hopefulness and energy. Regarded as eccentric, Wise is given, in this study, an interpretation that finds consistency in his life-long controversial and impulsive behavior. Simpson stresses Wise's ambivalent attitude toward slaves and slave-holding, authority and authority figures, and Virginia and the United States.

• | Author: Craig M. Simpson
• | Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2001
• | Number of Pages: 468 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0807849448
• | ISBN-13: 9780807849446