The Resource Judah Benjamin, S.I. Neiman ; with a foreword by Otto Eisenschiml
Judah Benjamin, S.I. Neiman ; with a foreword by Otto Eisenschiml
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- Summary
- One hundred years after the Civil War, Judah P. Benjamin still remains one of the most mysterious figures to have emerged from that great and tragic conflict. Little known today, though he served the Confederate States of America as Atty. Gen., as Secretary of War and as Secretary of State, Benjamin was a profound influence on Jefferson Davis and one of the most powerful of the Confederate leaders. Complicated, problematical, deliberately ambiguous, he set out to expunge his name from the history of the Civil War. In this book, S.I. Neiman clarifies Benjamin's role in history, the man of whom Otto Eisenschiml has written, "the complete history of the Confederacy was buried with him." Judah P. Benjamin (or Jules Bonfal or Mr. Howard, the aliases he used in escaping federal troops) was born to Jewish parents in the Virgin Islands, and educated at Yale University. He built his first fortune as a lawyer in New Orleans, where he married a Creole beauty, Natalie St. Martin, who proceeded to be conspicuously and consistently unfaithful to him. He then became a plantation owner, entered politics and, after the collapse of the Confederacy, built another fortune in England. But the internal facts of Benjamin's life are more difficult to fathom: here was a man who never kept a copy of a letter he had written. Here was a man who did not appear to be concerned by his wife's infidelities. Here was a man for whom the Confederacy was more a personal than a sectional or a political cause. Bypassing the battles in the grand strategy of the Civil War, Neimen probes behind the formal mystery of the year and brings to life a lawyer whose mysterious influence on Jefferson Davis has puzzled historians throughout the years. Judah Benjamin is fascinating history and an intriguing discussion of a most singular man. -- Publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 220 p.
- Label
- Judah Benjamin
- Title
- Judah Benjamin
- Statement of responsibility
- S.I. Neiman ; with a foreword by Otto Eisenschiml
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Jewish lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Jewish lawyers -- Southern States -- Biography
- Jewish statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
- Benjamin, J. P., (Judah Philip), 1811-1884
- Statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
- United States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- One hundred years after the Civil War, Judah P. Benjamin still remains one of the most mysterious figures to have emerged from that great and tragic conflict. Little known today, though he served the Confederate States of America as Atty. Gen., as Secretary of War and as Secretary of State, Benjamin was a profound influence on Jefferson Davis and one of the most powerful of the Confederate leaders. Complicated, problematical, deliberately ambiguous, he set out to expunge his name from the history of the Civil War. In this book, S.I. Neiman clarifies Benjamin's role in history, the man of whom Otto Eisenschiml has written, "the complete history of the Confederacy was buried with him." Judah P. Benjamin (or Jules Bonfal or Mr. Howard, the aliases he used in escaping federal troops) was born to Jewish parents in the Virgin Islands, and educated at Yale University. He built his first fortune as a lawyer in New Orleans, where he married a Creole beauty, Natalie St. Martin, who proceeded to be conspicuously and consistently unfaithful to him. He then became a plantation owner, entered politics and, after the collapse of the Confederacy, built another fortune in England. But the internal facts of Benjamin's life are more difficult to fathom: here was a man who never kept a copy of a letter he had written. Here was a man who did not appear to be concerned by his wife's infidelities. Here was a man for whom the Confederacy was more a personal than a sectional or a political cause. Bypassing the battles in the grand strategy of the Civil War, Neimen probes behind the formal mystery of the year and brings to life a lawyer whose mysterious influence on Jefferson Davis has puzzled historians throughout the years. Judah Benjamin is fascinating history and an intriguing discussion of a most singular man. -- Publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- WSU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1904-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Neiman, S. I.
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Benjamin, J. P.
- United States
- Statesmen
- Jewish statesmen
- Legislators
- Jewish lawyers
- Jewish lawyers
- Label
- Judah Benjamin, S.I. Neiman ; with a foreword by Otto Eisenschiml
- Bar code
- 31223002406735
- Carrier category
- volume
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 220 p.
- Lccn
- 61015540
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 444474
- 00000000417459
- Label
- Judah Benjamin, S.I. Neiman ; with a foreword by Otto Eisenschiml
- Bar code
- 31223002406735
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 220 p.
- Lccn
- 61015540
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 444474
- 00000000417459
Subject
- Biographies
- Jewish lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Jewish lawyers -- Southern States -- Biography
- Jewish statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
- Benjamin, J. P., (Judah Philip), 1811-1884
- Statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
- United States, Congress | Senate -- Biography
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
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