Dueling in the Old South
Vignettes of Social History
978-0-89096-193-3 Paperback
5.5 x 8.5 x 0 in
128 pp.
Pub Date: 06/01/2000
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This highly readable book gives a lively account, replete with colorful examples, of the pistol duel, the rules for its conduct, its causes, and its typical participants. A popular 1838 dueling code by John Lyde Wilson, one-time governor of South Carolina, is also reprinted in this volume. Its “practical” advice on the etiquette of dueling and its justifications for the practice give a fascinating and sometimes amusing look into the mind of a more chivalrous age.
For Southern history buffs and social historians, this excursion into a little-known way of life and death will make entertaining and informative fare.
Published by Texas A&M University Press