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Was Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens really a ""racist"" Dixiecrat who believed that slavery was the ""cornerstone"" of the Confederacy, as pro-North writers assert? Was he actually guilty of ""treason"" against the U.S., an ""anarchist"" who should have been hanged for leading the secession of the Southern states? Of course not. And ""The Quotable Alexander H. Stephens,"" by award-winning author and Southern historian Lochlainn Seabrook, proves it! This well-researched work, a companion to Seabrook's ""The Alexander H. Stephens Reader,"" provides nearly 700 footnoted entries that reveal the authentic man, one completely opposite of the negative image of Stephens fabricated by enemies of the South. Known as one of America's most kindly and charitable individuals, he was a true friend of the black man, as well as a pro-Unionist who at first campaigned against Southern secession. Also a brilliant thinker, spell-binding orator, and prodigious author, he was, in fact, one of history's most extraordinary, interesting, honorable, and noble figures. Follow Stephens in his own words, as he takes us through the development of the U.S. after the American Revolution, and into the growing bitter sectionalism between the South and the North in the 1840s and 1850s. Get a you-are-there view of the entire ""Civil War,"" from the disastrous election of big government Liberal Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, to the tragic fall of the Confederacy and Stephens' illegal imprisonment in the Spring of 1865. Follow the frail but feisty Georgia governor-who turned down offers to run for both U.S. president and C.S. president-from so-called ""Reconstruction"" and the rebuilding of the South (which he helped direct), through the postwar administrations of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur. Along the way, not only do we learn the true cause behind Lincoln's War, but Stephens also lays out the facts concerning Southern slavery and his ""Cornerstone"" speech, while forcefully defending the constitutional right of secession. Follow the lifelong bachelor-politician (who served in the U.S. government, in one capacity or another, from President Andrew Jackson to President Chester A. Arthur, a span of forty-seven years) as he discloses his everyday thoughts and personal opinions on everything from the weather and dogs to self-government and states' rights, in this profusely illustrated one-of-a-kind book that is sure to become a standard in Southern literature. With the publication of ""The Quotable Alexander H. Stephens,"" the anti-South movement's vicious slander against ""little Aleck,"" as he was lovingly known to his relatives, friends and constituents, is now powerless. Thanks to Mr. Seabrook, Alexander H. Stephens has finally been fully redeemed. Lochlainn Seabrook, a Stephens family descendant and a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, is a Civil War scholar, an unreconstructed Southern historian, and the author of over thirty popular books for all ages. The sixth great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford and a seventh-generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage, he is a cousin of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Known as the ""American Robert Graves"" after his celebrated English cousin, Seabrook has a thirty-year background in the War for Southern Independence and Confederate studies and biography. He is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the National Grange, and lives with his wife and family in historic Middle Tennessee, the heart of the Confederacy. Seabrook's other titles include: ""Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask A Southerner!""; ""Honest Jeff and Dishonest Abe: A Southern Children's Guide to the Civil War""; and ""A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest.""

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AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS - ""A MUCH-NEEDED RESOURCE ON A GREAT MAN"" ""Alexander Hamilton Stephens is one of the most misunderstood, if not outright neglected, leaders of the American Civil War. Lochlainn Seabrook (one of my favorite authors) has once again set the record straight and, through the writings of Stephens himself, shows us that the Vice-President of the CSA was a Constitutional genius - a liberty-loving, conservative Southron - who is just as relevant today as he was in his own day."" - ANDREW MURDAUGH ""I highly recommend Col. Seabrook's The Quotable Alexander H. Stephens. Great book with invaluable information!"" - KEITH CRAVEN AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: ""Another misunderstood man. Many today surely misunderstand Stephens, the Confederate States of America's first VP, due to honest lack of knowledge. But that lack of knowledge of the truth goes back to those who deliberately ""misunderstood"" Stephens and the South and who set out to make sure others ""misunderstood"" too. Here, then, is a tome of passages from the pen and mouth (speeches) of Stephens. Here is a man nobler than the credit Union victors were willing to give him. Before the book spills into the inevitable politically themed passages, there is a mighty chunk of quotes, long and short, that present an extensive, intimate account of his personal life. After a few packed chapters of such material, the cornucopia of political and social convictions held by the man are here for perusal. What one discovers is not a Southern super villain. Rather revealed is a man who was strongly Constitutionalist. He loved not only freedom, but also the peace that should accompany it. He opposed succession for a long while until circumstances forced him to accept it. Of course, secession shouldn't have been an event of physical strife, but the inevitable War Between the States resulted when the North under Lincoln asserted its federal centric designs at gunpoint. It should come as no surprise that there's a chapter of Stephen's quotes about Lincoln. Slavery is also inevitably, and necessarily, a topic here. . . . Politically, his attitude toward slavery was that it was a state decision, not a centrally decided blanket decision by the federal government. Each state (pre civil war, the states were individual sovereign entities) should decide the issue for itself, Stephens asserted. And rightly so. For state sovereignty was the constitutional aim. Be it socio-political interest, historical curiosity or personal biographical pursuits, this volume is suited to them all."" - KRISTOFER UPJOHN

AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS - A MUCH-NEEDED RESOURCE ON A GREAT MAN : Alexander Hamilton Stephens is one of the most misunderstood, if not outright neglected, leaders of the American Civil War. Lochlainn Seabrook (one of my favorite authors) has once again set the record straight and, through the writings of Stephens himself, shows us that the Vice-President of the CSA was a Constitutional genius - a liberty-loving, conservative Southron - who is just as relevant today as he was in his own day. - ANDREW MURDAUGH

AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS - A MUCH-NEEDED RESOURCE ON A GREAT MAN Alexander Hamilton Stephens is one of the most misunderstood, if not outright neglected, leaders of the American Civil War. Lochlainn Seabrook (one of my favorite authors) has once again set the record straight and, through the writings of Stephens himself, shows us that the Vice-President of the CSA was a Constitutional genius - a liberty-loving, conservative Southron - who is just as relevant today as he was in his own day. - ANDREW MURDAUGH

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Acclaimed neo-Victorian scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, whose literary works range from astronomy to zoology, is the leading popularizer of authentic Civil War history and one of the most prolific and popular writer-historians in the world today. A descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, Edmund W. Rucker, and William Giles Harding, he is known by literary critics as the ""new Shelby Foote"" and the ""American Robert Graves,"" and by his fans as the ""Voice of the Traditional South."" The Sons of Confederate Veterans member is a Kentucky Colonel, a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, and currently the author and editor of 100 educationally enlightening books for all ages. Described by his readers as ""game changers"" and ""life-altering,"" his voluminous writings have introduced hundreds of thousands to vital facts that have been left out of our mainstream books. A 7th generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage and the 6th great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, Col. Seabrook is a lifelong writer with a 45-year background in American and Southern history, and is the author of the international blockbuster ""Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!"" For more information or to purchase Colonel Seabrook's books, visit our Webstore: www.SeaRavenPress.com

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