Robert Toombs: The Civil Wars of a United States Senator and Confederate General

by Mark Scroggins

Robert Toombs of Georgia stands as one of the most fiery and influential politicians of the nineteenth century. Sarcastic, charming, egotistical, and gracious, he rose quickly from state office to congressman to senator in the decades before the Civil War. Though he sought sectional reconciliation throughout the 1840s and 1850s, he eventually became one of the South's most ardent secessionists.

This thorough biography chronicles his days...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786463635
• ISBN13: 9780786463633
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher