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The lost state of Franklin : America's first secession

Title
The lost state of Franklin : America's first secession / Kevin T. Barksdale.
Author
Barksdale, Kevin T., 1973-
Publication
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.

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Description
xi, 283 p. : map; 24 cm.
Series Statement
New directions in southern history
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-272) and index.
Contents
Footstool of liberty's throne : hero-making versus historiography -- Land of the Franks : the backcountry economy of upper east Tennessee -- Acts of designing men : community, conflict, and control -- Agreeable to a republican government : the rise of backcountry partisanship, 1784-1785 -- Strange spectacle of two empires : statesmanship, speculation, and the dimming fortunes of separatism -- Where the fire of peace is always kept burning : land, diplomacy, and the tragedy of the Tennessee Valley's principal people -- Death in all its various and frightful shapes : the last days of the state of Franklin -- Vassals del Rey de España : the Franklin-Spanish conspiracy, 1786-1789 -- Rocked to death in the cradle of secession : the antebellum evolution of Franklin, 1783-1861 -- Epilogue: Finding Frankland : the legacy of separation in the twentieth century.
Call Number
ITW 09-4370
ISBN
  • 9780813125213 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813125219 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008036154
OCLC
213840212
Author
Barksdale, Kevin T., 1973-
Title
The lost state of Franklin : America's first secession / Kevin T. Barksdale.
Imprint
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Series
New directions in southern history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-272) and index.
Research Call Number
ITW 09-4370
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