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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI, 131 Seiten, L=140mm, B=216mm, H=9mm, Gew.=200gr, [GR: 25590 - TB/Geschichte/Sonstiges], [SW: - History -… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI, 131 Seiten, L=140mm, B=216mm, H=9mm, Gew.=200gr, [GR: 25590 - TB/Geschichte/Sonstiges], [SW: - History - Military / War], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: A maverick county in the heart of the Old South? A notorious county that seceded from the Confederacy? This is how Jones County, Mississippi, is known in myth and legend.Since 1864, the legend has persisted. Differing versions give the name of this new nation as Republic of Jones, Jones County Confederacy, and Free State of Jones. Over the years, this story has captured the imaginations of journalists, historians, essayists, novelists, short story writers, and Hollywood filmmakers, although serious scholars long ago questioned the accuracy of local historic accounts about a secessionist county led by Newt Knight and a band of renegades.Until this book was published, no one explained satisfactorily just what happened in Jones County in 1864 to give rise to the legend. This book surveys the facts, the records, and the history of the "Free State of Jones" and well may provide the whole story. A maverick county in the heart of the Old South? A notorious county that seceded from the Confederacy? This is how Jones County, Mississippi, is known in myth and legend.Since 1864, the legend has persisted. Differing versions give the name of this new nation as Republic of Jones, Jones County Confederacy, and Free State of Jones. Over the years, this story has captured the imaginations of journalists, historians, essayists, novelists, short story writers, and Hollywood filmmakers, although serious scholars long ago questioned the accuracy of local historic accounts about a secessionist county led by Newt Knight and a band of renegades.Until this book was published, no one explained satisfactorily just what happened in Jones County in 1864 to give rise to the legend. This book surveys the facts, the records, and the history of the "Free State of Jones" and well may provide the whole story.<

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The original, full accounting of a rebellion in the heart Dixie Textbooks New Books ~~ History~~ United States ~~ State & Local ~~ General Legend-of-the-Free-State-of-Jones~~Rudy-H-Leverett University Press of Mississippi A maverick county in the heart of the Old South? A notorious county that seceded from the Confederacy? This is how Jones County, Mississippi, is known in myth and legend.Since 1864, the legend has persisted. Differing versions give the name of this new nation as Republic of Jones, Jones County Confederacy, and Free State of Jones. Over the years, this story has captured the imaginations of journalists, historians, essayists, novelists, short story writers, and Hollywood filmmakers, although serious scholars long ago questioned the accuracy of local historic accounts about a secessionist county led by Newt Knight and a band of renegades.Until this book was published, no one explained satisfactorily just what happened in Jones County in 1864 to give rise to the legend. This book surveys the facts, the records, and the history of the "Free State of Jones" and well may provide the whole story.<

ISBN: 9781604735710

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