Bibliography of Jefferson Davis explained

The following is a list of scholarly resources related to Jefferson Davis.

Due to the large amount of biographies of Davis published by 1992, Emory M. Thomas of the University of Georgia made a parody bumper sticker stating "Honk if you're not writing a biography of Jefferson Davis."^[1]

Biographies

• Book: Alfriend, Frank H. . The Life of Jefferson Davis . Caxton Publishing House; Philadelphia . 1868 .
• Book: Allen, Felicity . 1999 . Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart . registration . The University of Missouri Press . 9780826212191. - Wikipedia article on the book:
• Book: Bancroft, A. C. . 1889. The Life and Death of Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Southern Confederacy: Together with Comments of the Press, Funeral Sermons, etc., etc.. Oglivie. 1048340011.
• Book: Cooper, William J. . 2000. Jefferson Davis, American . Knopf. registration. 978-0-3077-7264-0 . 1035904007.
• Book: Cutting, Elisabeth. 1930. Jefferson Davis, Political Soldier. Dodd, Mead and Company. 1035928281.
• Book: Davis, William C.. 1991. Jefferson Davis: The Man and his Hour . Harpercollins. registration . 0060167068 . 1150103061. - Wikipedia article on the book:
• Book: Davis, Varina . Varina Davis . Jefferson Davis, ex-president of the Confederate States of America, a memoir, Vol I . New York : Belford Co. . 1890 . 1029853778.
• Book: Davis, Varina . Jefferson Davis, ex-president of the Confederate States of America, a memoir, Vol II . New York : Belford Co. . 1890 . 1029853778.
• Book: Dodd, William E.. William Dodd (ambassador). 1907 . Jefferson Davis . George W. Jacobs and Company. 9780722290484 .
• Book: Eaton, Clement. 1977. Jefferson Davis. Free Press. registration. 0029087007 . 1035928281.
• Book: Eckenrode, Hamilton J.. 1923. Jefferson Davis, President of the South . MacMillan. 1047517195 .
• Book: Fleming, Walter L.. 1917. The Early Life of Jefferson Davis. Louisiana State University Press. 1043017637 .
• Book: McElroy, Robert N.. 1995. 1937. Jefferson Davis: The Real and The Unreal. Smithmark. 0831710071. 1150111549 .
• Book: Pollard, Edward A.. Edward A. Pollard. 1869. Life of Jefferson Davis with a Secret History of the southern Confederacy, Gathered "Behind the Scenes in Richmond." . National Publishing. 1048313016.
• Book: Strode, Hudson. 1955. Jefferson Davis, Volume I: American Patriot . Harcourt, Brace & Company. registration . 1035912264.
• Book: Strode, Hudson. 1959. Jefferson Davis, Volume II: Confederate President . registration. Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1150115051.
• Book: Strode, Hudson. 1964. Jefferson Davis, Volume III: Tragic Hero . registration . Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1150063449.
• Book: Tate, Allen. 1929. Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall, a Biographical Narrative. Minton, Balch & Company. registration. 1345571855.
• Book: Winston, Robert W. 1930. High Stakes and Hair Trigger: The Life of Jefferson Davis. Henry Holt & Company.

Books (specialized studies)

• Book: Ballard, Michael B.. 1986. A Long Shadow: Jefferson Davis and the Final Days of the Confederacy. University Press of Mississippi. registration. 9780820319414. 1036689136. - Wikipedia article on the book: A Long Shadow
• Book: Beringer . Richard E. . Hattaway . Herman . Jones . Archer . Still . William N. Jr. . 1986 . Why the South Lost the Civil War . University of Georgia Press . registration .
• Book: Cashin, Joan E.. 2006. First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 9780674022942 . 0674022947 . registration. - Wikipedia article on the book:
• Book: Collins, Donald E. . 2005 . The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . 9780742543041 . registration.
• Book: Cooper, William J. . 2008. Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era . Louisiana State University Press. registration. 9780807133712 . 1302084578.
• Book: Dugard, Martin. 2009. The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846–1848. registration. University of Nebraska Press. 9780803228122. 1302546114.
• Book: Eckert, Edward K.. 1987. "Fiction Distorting Fact": Prison life, annotated by Jefferson Davis. registration. Mercer University Press. 0865542015. 1200471494.
• Book: Escott, Paul . 1978 . After Secession: Jefferson Davis and the Failure of Confederate Nationalism . Louisiana State University Press . 9780807118078.
• Book: Hattaway . Herman . Beringer . Richard E. . 2002 . Jefferson Davis, Confederate President . University Press of Kansas . 9780700611706 . registration. '
• Book: Icenhauer-Ramirez, Robert. 2019. Treason on Trial: The United States v. Jefferson Davis. Louisiana State University Press. 9780807170809. 1056201876. .
• Book: McPherson, James M. . 2014. Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief. Penguin Press. registration. 9781594204975 . 1204326178.
• Book: Patrick, Rembert W.. Rembert W. Patrick . 1944 . . Louisiana State University Press.
• Book: Swanson, James L.. 2010. Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse . HarperCollins . 9780061233791.
• Book: Warren . Robert Penn . Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back . 1980 . The University Press of Kentucky . Lexington . 978-0813114453.
• Book: Winders, Richard B.. 2016. Panting For Glory: The Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican War. Texas A & M University. 9781623494162. 933438558.
• Book: Woodworth, Steven E. . 1990 . Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West . Lawrence . University Press of Kansas . 9780700604616 . registration .

Journal articles

• Bleser. Carol K.. 1999. The Marriage of Varina Howell and Jefferson Davis:"I gave the best and all my life to a girdled tree.". Journal of Southern History. 65 . 1. 3–40. 10.2307/2587730 . 2587730 .
• Fleming. Walter L.. 1920. Some documents related to Jefferson Davis at West Point. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 7. 2. 146–152 . 10.2307/1902656 . 1902656.
• Muldowny. John. 1969. Jefferson Davis: The postwar years. The Mississippi Quarterly. 23. 1. 17–35. 26473833.
• Scanlan. P. L.. 1940. The military record of Jefferson Davis in Wisconsin . The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 24. 2. 174–182. 4631371.
• Waite. Kevin. 2016. Jefferson Davis and proslavery visions of empire in the Far West. Journal of the Civil War Era. 8. 4. 536–565. 10.1353/cwe.2016.0072. 26070455. 164302059.
• Wiley . Bell I. . Jefferson Davis: An Appraisal . Civil War Times Illustrated . January 1967 . 6 . 1 . 4–17.
• Williams. Kenneth H.. Cooper. William J. Jr.. Roland . Charles P.. 2003. Williams. Kenneth H.. Slavery, the Civil War, and Jefferson Davis: An Interview with William J. Cooper Jr. and Charles P. Roland. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 101. 4. 400–456. 23387081.

Miscelleaneous

• Book: Neely, Mark E. Jr.. 1993. Confederate Bastille: Jefferson Davis and Civil Liberties. Marquette University Press. 9780874623253. 1–23. lecture. .

Notes and References

1. Hattaway. Herman. Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour. Journal of American History. 1992-12-01. 79. 3. 1178–1179. 2080868. 10.2307/2080868. - Cited: p. 1178. The JSTOR page (when logged in) misidentifies the author as "Steven E. Woodworth" but the reviewer is actually Herman Hattaway, as identified on page 1179.