Judah Benjamin - The Jewish Confederate

[Gene C]

by Eli Evans, written in 1988 over 400 pages. Interesting book. Benjamin was the Secretary of State for the Confederacy. He was very intelligent with a talented legal mind. Probably one of the south's most able politicians. Becomes Jefferson's loyal, right hand man.

The book is almost as much about Jefferson Davis as it is about Benjamin. At the end of the war, Benjamin manages to escape and goes to England where he has a successful law career. Benjamin was a very private individual, left no diary and wanted most of his personal papers destroyed upon his death.

Full of interesting information from a different perspective. Benjamin and Davis had an unusual friendship and political relationship. Benjamin was also close to Varina Davis and wrote her several letters after the war. You can get a find a good used copy of the book fairly inexpensively, less than the cost of the s&h, (I got mine for $2.50) I enjoyed it and recommend it.

http://www.amazon.com/Judah-P-Benjamin-J...h+benjamin