{"product_id":"zeb-vance-north-carolinas-civil-war-governor-and-gilded-age-political-leader-9781469607313","title":"Zeb Vance: North Carolina's Civil War Governor and Gilded Age Political Leader","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive biography of the man who led North Carolina through the Civil War and, as a U.S. senator from 1878 to 1894, served as the state's leading spokesman, Gordon McKinney presents Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-94) as a far more complex figure than has been previously recognized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVance campaigned to keep North Carolina in the Union, but after Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, he joined the army and rose to the rank of colonel. He was viewed as a champion of individual rights and enjoyed great popularity among voters. But McKinney demonstrates that Vance was not as progressive as earlier biographers suggest. Vance was a tireless advocate for white North Carolinians in the Reconstruction Period, and his policies and positions often favored the rich and powerful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcKinney provides significant new information about Vance's third governorship, his senatorial career, and his role in the origins of the modern Democratic Party in North Carolina. This new biography offers the fullest, most complete understanding yet of a legendary North Carolina leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon B. McKinney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469607313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcKinney, Gordon B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon B. McKinney is director of the Appalachian Center and professor of history at Berea College. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Confederate Appalachia: Western North Carolina in the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of the microfilm edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Papers of Zebulon Vance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115598995571,"sku":"9781469607313","price":93.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_43efd41b-dbec-4a32-995b-1950e6921c5b.jpg?v=1781786954","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/zeb-vance-north-carolinas-civil-war-governor-and-gilded-age-political-leader-9781469607313","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}