Preston Brooks: Punching, Drinking, Truanting, and Shooting His Way Through College
I mentioned earlier that I was requesting a book on the history of South Carolina College. Well, it came in today, and I was able to figure out more about Preston Brooks’s fighting over a school election outcome. Well, the fight wasn’t really about the “outcome” as it turns out:
Preston Brooks: The Undergraduate
This site being styled in part based on my interest in Preston Brooks, a historical figure and former congressman from South Carolina, I have been putting some effort into researching his background. I know much, but there is much to learn.
I pinpointed a citation to an article devoted in its entirety to the man […]