Mangum! Man from Red Mountain, is the saga of the life and times of Willie Person Mangum (1792-1861), the great lawyer, judge, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate from Red Mountain, North Carolina. His story, until now, has been all but forgotten and lost in the annals of history. This first-ever published biography captures the personal and professional life of this man from his roots that remained firmly planted throughout his life at his Red Mountain home, Walnut Hall, to the halls of power in Washington, DC.
He was deeply admired and respected by other great men of renown during the golden age of the Senate, including Clay, Calhoun, and Webster. He was courted by the White House and frequently dined with presidents Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, and Fillmore. As a voice from the South and the national leader of the Whig Party, Mangum was only a heartbeat away when President Harrison died.
It concludes with Mangum's final waning years back at Red Mountain where his only son joins the Confederacy's Sixth North Carolina Regiment as America explodes into the Civil War.
About the Author: Norman Carrington Schipke is the author of We Can Hear the Yankee Drums Beating: Sim Carrington and the Bloody Sixth North Carolina, a Civil War history. He holds degrees from Yale University, Trinity College, Nasson College and studied at the Universite de Caen in Normandy, France.
