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A Southern Moderate in Radical Times: Henry Washington Hilliard, 1808–1892. By David I. Durham. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2008. xviii, 241 pp. $40.00, ISBN 978-0-8071-3328-6.)
This is a competent biography of the leading Whig Congressman from Alabama, who opposed the progression of his state to secession. It is an interesting if unevenly documented life, and David I. Durham has sensible things to say about Henry Washington Hilliard, whom he depicts positively as a moderate in troubled times. This good book could have been still stronger had Durham argued his findings more vigorously. . . .
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