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A rogue's life : R. Clay Crawford, prison escapee, Union Army officer, pretend millionaire, phony physician and the most respected man in Macon, Georgia
- Title
- A rogue's life : R. Clay Crawford, prison escapee, Union Army officer, pretend millionaire, phony physician and the most respected man in Macon, Georgia / Lewis A. Lawson.
- Author
- Lawson, Lewis A.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-360 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vii, 226 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book reveals the life of R. Clay Crawford, his dreams, his schemes, his successes and his failures, as he launched himself into many of the most turbulent episodes of 19th century United States history. This book reveals the influences on his behavior inherited from his father and his grandfathers"--
- Subjects
- Rogues and vagabonds > United States > Biography
- Escaped prisoners > United States > Biography
- Macon (Ga.) > Biography
- Impostors and impostures > United States > Biography
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography
- Crawford, R. Clay (Robert Clay), 1825-1907
- United States > Army > Officers > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: A word or two about the word rogue -- Home -- Leaving home -- Wandering -- The war -- The war resumed -- A romantic interlude -- A Mexican adventure -- Pennsylvania -- Maryland -- New Jersey and Ohio -- Kentucky -- Missouri and Georgia -- Home again -- A rogue outrogued -- Clay's children.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-360
- ISBN
- 9780786474820 (softcover : alkaline paper)
- 0786474823 (softcover : alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2013037329
- OCLC
- 858610942
- Author
- Lawson, Lewis A.
- Title
- A rogue's life : R. Clay Crawford, prison escapee, Union Army officer, pretend millionaire, phony physician and the most respected man in Macon, Georgia / Lewis A. Lawson.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina ; London : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-360