The following are the best biographies available on the subject and come highly recommended by Abbeville Institute scholars.
1. Douglas Southall Freeman, R. E. Lee: A Biography, 4 Volumes
2. Douglas Southall Freeman, George Washington: A Biography, 7 Volumes
3. Margaret Coit, John C. Calhoun: American Portrait
4. Hervey Allen, Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe, 2 Volumes
5. Robert L. Dabney, The Life and Campaigns of General T. J. Jackson
6. John Allan Wyeth, Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest
7. Oliver P. Chitwood, John Tyler: Champion of the Old South
8. Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery
9. Zora Neale Hurston, Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
10. J. Evetts Haley, Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman
11. Mark R. Winchell, Cleanth Brooks and the Rise of Modern Criticism
12. Mark R. Winchell, Where No Flag Flies: Donald Davidson and the Southern Resistance
13. John Donald Wade, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet A Study of the Development of Culture in the South
14. Clyde N. Wilson, Carolina Cavalier: The Life and Mind of James Johnston Pettigrew
15. Felicity Allen, Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart
16. Hugh A. Garland, The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
17. Avery O. Craven, Edmund Ruffin, Southerner: A Study in Secession
18. Marquis James, The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston
19. William C. Gibson, Physician to the World: The Life of General William C. Gorgas
20. Frank Cunningham, General Stand Watie’s Confederate Indians
21. Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time, 6 Volumes
22. Kevin Gutzman, James Madison and the Making of America
23. William Gilmore Simms, The Life of Francis Marion
24. William Wirt Henry, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
25. Richard Barry, Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina