W G Parson Brownlow (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Ex-library copy with outer markind enrased leaviong a smudgeing of spine. Library stamp on inner front cover A reding copy. English (illustrator).

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 10.75" x 6.5" steel engraving, engraved from a painting for the Ladies' Repository. [[Rev. Brownlow was an American newspaper publisher, Methodist minister, book author, prisoner of war, lecturer, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869 and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1869 to 1875.] Size: 10.75" x 6.5". steel b/w Engraving (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. First Edition. Octavo, 458pp., illustrated, plus adverisements. Good or better in the publisher's barown cloth, with considerable wear to the spine ends and somewhat to the corners, but the contents clean. A youngster has amateurishly traced the portrait of Brownlow on the tissue guard. Else clean and sound internally.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession; With a Narrative of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels. By W.G. "Parson" Brownlow and printed in Philadelphia by George W. Childs. 1862 458 pp, 7.5" x 5.25", 8v0, hardcover cloth binding. In good condition, with minor rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Hinges remain in good condition and text block remains bound well with minor wear towards center. Light marginalia and markings. Includes infrequent black-and-white illustrations throughout. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce and well-preserved copy of the politics and imprisonment of William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow by Confederate forces in Tennessee. Brownlow, a staunch Unionist despite being an ardent defender of slavery, writes of his earlier life as a newspaper writer, his imprisonment, and more. Brownlow additionally served as the Radical Republican governor of Tennessee prior to the end of Reconstruction. COLU1862ADFK-1123-aj0677.…