KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE: SECRET EMPIRE, SOUTHERN SECESSION, CIVIL WAR
Written by David C. Keehn
Published by Louisiana State University Press
in 2013
ISBN: 9780807150047
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MEXICO
- CARIBBEAN
- CENTRAL AMERICA
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
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KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE: SECRET EMPIRE, SOUTHERN SECESSION, CIVIL WAR
Written by David C. Keehn.
Stock no. 1829819
2014.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive analysis of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret southern society that initially sought to establish a slave-holding empire in the "Golden Circle" region of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. vii and 308 pages including index. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780807150047. Second printing. Dustwrapper is a littlle grubby at edges.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue: The Shadowy Knights
- 1. Powerful Antecedents
- 2. Formal Organisation
- 3. The Drive for Mexico
- 4. A Regional Coalition
- 5. Transforming to Secession
- 6. The Paramilitary's Core
- 7. Seizure of Federal Forts and Arsenals
- 8. The Plot to Seize the District of Columbia
- 9. Rustling Texas Out of the Union
- 10. Spreading Succession
- 11. Call to Arms
- 12. The Struggle for Kentucky
- 13. A Rejuvenated KGC?
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index