{"product_id":"daniel-smith-donelson-soldier-politician-tennessean-hardcover","title":"Daniel Smith Donelson: Soldier, Politician, Tennessean - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoug Spence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Smith Donelson was the grandson of two of early Middle Tennessee's most famous founders--John Donelson and Daniel Smith--and nephew of Tennessee's perhaps most famous soldier statesman, Andrew Jackson. And while Civil War historians are familiar with Donelson because he led a Confederate brigade, his namesake fort in Middle Tennessee, and his importance to the war effort as he transitioned into Confederate war administration, Donelson the significant son of Tennessee has eluded a full study, and no book-length biography has been published, until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, Daniel Smith Donelson left no body of papers, which leaves any biographers, as Richard Douglas Spence contends, to approach their subject through a \"historical back door\" via Donelson's legendary uncle and his brother, Andrew Jackson Donelson, who enjoyed a significant political career in his own right. Spence's biography begins with Donelson's upbringing at the Hermitage after Donelson's father died when he was three. From there Spence follows Donelson's career as a planter, militiaman, state congressman, Civil War general, and finally an administrator overseeing the Confederate Department of East Tennessee. Fort Donelson was named in his honor, and his brigades fought at Cheat Mountain, Perryville, and Murfreesboro (Stones River). He was posthumously promoted to major general after dying of disease on April 17, 1863, at the age of sixty-one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpence's approach reveals aspects of Donelson's life and career that in many ways rival his Civil War record for importance, providing fresh perspectives on Jackson's tumultuous presidency and the contentious nature of antebellum politics in Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD DOUGLAS SPENCE is an associate professor of biology at the University of Texas, Permian Basin\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author \u003ci\u003eAndrew Jackson Donelson: Jacksonian and Unionist\u003c\/i\u003e and an article on John Donelson that appeared in the \u003ci\u003eTennessee Historical Quarterly. \u003c\/i\u003eHis scientific articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePlant Physiology, Annals of Botany, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAgricultural Systems, \u003c\/i\u003eamong many others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.06 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52754108514637,"sku":"9781621907404","price":94.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/M22fv9PWy9781621907404.webp?v=1762944630","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/daniel-smith-donelson-soldier-politician-tennessean-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}