Dueling in the Old South: Vignettes of Social History

ISBN-10: 089096193X
ISBN-13: 9780890961933
Category: Dueling
Pages: 109
Language: English
Published: 1980
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Author: Jack Kenny Williams

Description

This history of the social custom of pistol dueling in the antebellum South documents the rules for its conduct, its causes, and its typical participants. Also included is a popular dueling code from the year 1838 by John Lyde Wilson, one-time governer of South Carolina.--From publisher description.

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Dueling in the Old South: Vignettes of Social History
- 1980
- 109 pages
- Paperback
- Texas A&M University Press

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