High Stakes and Hair Trigger: The Life of Jefferson Davis

1930. A biography of Davis, American statesman and President of the Southern Confederacy. Contents: Part One-Sowing the Wind 1808-1861: Beginnings; Brass Buttons; Hurricane and Brierfield; Ragtag and Bobtail; Congress and Camp; Storm Signals; Five Gaping Wounds; Down; Lying in Wait; Up Again; The Challenge; Challenge Accepted. Part Two-Reaping the Whirlwind 1861-1889: The Plunge; The Body of This Death; Sprinkle Some Blood; God Defend the Right; Antietam; The Think Gray Line; Humiliation and Mortification; Rivet in Grandfather's Neck; Uncrowned King; and Silence.Winston, Robert W. is the author of 'High Stakes and Hair Trigger: The Life of Jefferson Davis' with ISBN 9781417934829 and ISBN 1417934824.