Henry Toole Clark
Author | : R. Matthew Poteat |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2009-01-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780786437283 |
ISBN-13 | : 0786437286 |
Rating | : 4/5 (286 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Henry Toole Clark by : R. Matthew Poteat
Download or read book Henry Toole Clark written by R. Matthew Poteat and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in-depth, comprehensive biography of Henry Toole Clark, North Carolina's second Civil War governor. In addition to his actions as a war leader, it explores Clark's role as a member of the Old South's planter elite and his change in status after the war, his slaveholding business, the constitutional crisis that made him governor, and his career during the years of Reconstruction.