ISBN
9780820364520
Publication Date
2023
Price
26.95
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Abstract
Few men of the Civil War era were as complicated or infamous as William Clarke Quantrill. Most who know him recognize him as the architect of the Confederate raid on Lawrence, Kansas, in August 1863 that led to the murder of 180 mostly unarmed men and boys. Before that, though, Quantrill led a transient life, shifting from one masculine form to another. Using new documents and old documents examined in new ways, A Man by Any Other Name paints the most authentic portrait of Quantrill yet rendered. The detailed study of this man not only explores a one-of-a-kind enigmatic figure but also allows us entry into many representative experiences of the Civil War generation.
DOI
10.31390/cwbr.26.3.02
Recommended Citation
Keefer, Bradley S.
(2024)
"A Man by Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood,"
Civil War Book Review: Vol. 26
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Iss.
3
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DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.26.3.02
Available at:
https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol26/iss3/2
