Author: Graves, John Temple ; Clark Howell ; Walter Williams, (Eds.)
Title: Eloquent Sons of the South : A Handbook of Southern Oratory, Volume I & Volume II
Description: Boston, Chapple, 1909. Hardcover. Previous owner's ex-libris to front pastedown endpapers with acid transfer of ex-libris to free endpaper. Volume I shows a faint water line to rear endpapers and occasional page. Front hinges starting to Volume II. Soft faded, celery green, cloth-covered boards have frayed spinecaps and bumped corners. Sunning to spines, boards a bit soiled or spotted. Top edges gilt, deckled bottom and fore-edges. Occasional uncut page. Age-tanned. Books are 6.75 x 4.5". Pleasant old book scent. Volumes have a 2.5 x 1" label affixed to upper spines indicating title, contents, and publisher. Portraits of various authors. Clean, solid. 296 / 291 pp. Contributors to Volume I : Patrick Henry, Henry Clay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington, Henry Lee, John C. Calhoun. Contributors to Volume II : Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Sam Houston, Alexander H. Stephens, Robert Young Hayne, Robert Toombs, Thomas Hart Benton, Henry Woodfin Grady, Atticus G. Haygood. Among speeches and addresses are Patrick Henry's speech on adopting the Federal Constitution, George Washington's farewell address to the Continental Army, Calhoun's speech on the Subject of Slavery, Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, Sam Houston's speech on Treatment of Indians, and more. VERY GOOD .

Keywords: American Speeches, Jefferson Davis, Southern American States, Slavery, Ratification, Native Americans, Inaugural Addresses,