{"product_id":"jefferson-davis-gets-his-citizenship-back-hardcover","title":"Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Penn Warren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" In 1979 Robert Penn Warren returned to his native Todd Country, Kentucky, to attend ceremonies in honor of another native son, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whose United States citizenship had just been restored, ninety years after his death, by a special act of Congress. From that nostalgic journey grew this reflective essay on the tragic career of Jefferson Davis-\"not a modern man in any sense of the word but a conservative called to manage what was, in one sense, a revoluti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1979 Robert Penn Warren returned to his native Todd County, Kentucky, to attend ceremonies in honor of another native son, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whose United States citizenship had just been restored, ninety years after his death, by a special act of Congress. From that nostalgic journey grew this reflective essay on the tragic career of Jefferson Davis - \"not a modern man in any sense of the word but a conservative called to manage what was, in one sense, a revolution\". Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back is also a meditation by one of our wisest and most beloved men of letters on the ironies of American history and the paradoxes of the modern South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Penn Warren\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1989), born in Guthrie, Kentucky, was one of America's most revered writers, producing fiction, poetry, history, and criticism, much of it focusing on the moral dilemmas of the South. He served as America's first poet laureate. He received the Pulitzer Prize three times, for his novel \u003ci\u003e All the King's Men\u003c\/i\u003e and for his books of poetry \u003ci\u003ePromises: Poems 1954--1956\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNow and Then\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Father\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cave\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.83 x 4.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 1980\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52445638164787,"sku":"9780813114453","price":35.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dDFITFhWZnQ5UlZiYWQ1SUo4ejZFUT09.webp?v=1758967140","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/jefferson-davis-gets-his-citizenship-back-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}