The Bishop Of The Old South: The Ministry And Civil War Legacy Of Leonidas Polk (H660/Mrc)
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- ISBN 13
- 9780881460384
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Hardback. New. Leonidas Polk was one of the antebellum South's most significant religious leaders. The son of a wealthy, slaveholding veteran of the Revolutionary War, Polk graduated from West Point in 1827 and seemed destined for martial service. Instead he pursued a ministerial career and was the first Episcopal bishop of Louisiana. Polk attempted to cultivate a religious solidarity among white Southerners of all classes and to broaden the social and cultural appeal of Episcopalianism in the South. Ultimately, Polk's Lost Cause mythmakers developed a public memory of the bishop general that celebrated the virtue of the Christian gentleman who had waged war for Southern independence. A considerable amount of new information on Polk's family, time at West Point, ministry, life as a planter, role with Sewanee, and his place within the pantheon of Lost Cause icons has been brought to light. What emerges is a clearer portrait of the Bishop of the Old South.
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- Title
- The Bishop Of The Old South: The Ministry And Civil War Legacy Of Leonidas Polk (H660/Mrc)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New
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- 5
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0881460389
- ISBN 13
- 9780881460384
- Publisher
- Mercer University Press
- Place of Publication
- Macon
- This edition first published
- September 30, 2006
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