Born to Battle: Grant and Forrest--Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga
Autor Jack Hursten Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 mai 2012 – vârsta de la 13 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465020188
ISBN-10: 0465020186
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 165 x 244 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465020186
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 165 x 244 x 41 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
Jack
Hurstis
a
historian
and
former
journalist
who
has
written
for
newspapers
including
theChicago
Tribune,Philadelphia
Inquirer,
andNashville
Tennessean.
His
books
includeNathan
Bedford
Forrest:
A
Biography,
andMen
of
Fire.
A
native
of
Maryville,
Tennessee
and
a
descendant
of
both
Union
and
Confederate
soldiers,
he
currently
lives
with
his
wife
outside
Nashville,
Tennessee.
Recenzii
Publishers
Weekly
“Making sophisticated use of archival and printed sources, Hurst maintains that the marginalization of Forrest, a blacksmith's son, by a Confederacy insisting on ‘blue-blood leadership' was ‘a chief cause of the Confederacy's death.' The Union, by contrast, made effective use of the equally lowborn and unpolished Grant. Both, Hurst asserts, exemplified the common men who did most of the war's dying. Both understood what soldiers could do in particular situations. And both were accustomed by peacetime hardship to the fears and anxieties of wartime command. The comparison…is original and provocative.”
American History
“[A] well-told take on a great face-off.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A lively narrative of the Civil War's Western theatre, too often overshadowed by the better known armies and battles in the East.... Hurst amply illustrates the misery visited upon Tennessee and Mississippi as the armies moved back and forth across the land, along with the backbiting, blunders and inflated egos that abounded in both armies.”
Gordon C. Rhea, author ofCarrying the Flag
“Jack Hurst'sBorn to Battlebrings the American Civil War's Western Theater alive through dramatic portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan B. Forrest. The product of working-class backgrounds, each general approached warfare with a uniquely American blend of cunning, resourcefulness, and resolve—traits that both contributed to their successes and baffled their superiors. Masterfully recounted, this gripping tale will enthrall seasoned Civil War buffs and history novices alike.”
John F. Marszalek, Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, Mississippi State University, and Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association
“Not all readers will agree with everything Jack Hurst says, but they will find the argument intriguing that a commoner won the Civil War because his side gave him the chance, while the Confederacy lost because it kept its most talented commoner at arms length.”
“Making sophisticated use of archival and printed sources, Hurst maintains that the marginalization of Forrest, a blacksmith's son, by a Confederacy insisting on ‘blue-blood leadership' was ‘a chief cause of the Confederacy's death.' The Union, by contrast, made effective use of the equally lowborn and unpolished Grant. Both, Hurst asserts, exemplified the common men who did most of the war's dying. Both understood what soldiers could do in particular situations. And both were accustomed by peacetime hardship to the fears and anxieties of wartime command. The comparison…is original and provocative.”
American History
“[A] well-told take on a great face-off.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A lively narrative of the Civil War's Western theatre, too often overshadowed by the better known armies and battles in the East.... Hurst amply illustrates the misery visited upon Tennessee and Mississippi as the armies moved back and forth across the land, along with the backbiting, blunders and inflated egos that abounded in both armies.”
Ernest
B.
Furgurson,
author
ofChancellorsville
1863andNot
War
But
Murder:
Cold
Harbor
1864
“In a finely wrought battle narrative and character study, Jack Hurst shows how two men seemingly so different—one flamboyant and daring, the other solid and determined—became great soldiers by struggling not only against their enemies, but against their own inner demons.”
Robert Hicks, author ofThe Widow of the SouthandA Separate Country
“It is rare indeed to have a writer like Jack Hurst, both a careful and meticulous historian and a first-rate storyteller. Born to Battleis what Jack Hurst does best. Drawing on many years of examination and research, Hurst has laid out the details of history as if he were crafting an epic myth. Grant and Forrest come alive as they take on the roles of the very human giants of the war, battling through the western campaign in what would be the death knell of the Confederacy. Hurst's epic tale of history gives us a better understanding of why the war would be won or lost far from borders of Virginia.”
“In a finely wrought battle narrative and character study, Jack Hurst shows how two men seemingly so different—one flamboyant and daring, the other solid and determined—became great soldiers by struggling not only against their enemies, but against their own inner demons.”
Robert Hicks, author ofThe Widow of the SouthandA Separate Country
“It is rare indeed to have a writer like Jack Hurst, both a careful and meticulous historian and a first-rate storyteller. Born to Battleis what Jack Hurst does best. Drawing on many years of examination and research, Hurst has laid out the details of history as if he were crafting an epic myth. Grant and Forrest come alive as they take on the roles of the very human giants of the war, battling through the western campaign in what would be the death knell of the Confederacy. Hurst's epic tale of history gives us a better understanding of why the war would be won or lost far from borders of Virginia.”
Gordon C. Rhea, author ofCarrying the Flag
“Jack Hurst'sBorn to Battlebrings the American Civil War's Western Theater alive through dramatic portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan B. Forrest. The product of working-class backgrounds, each general approached warfare with a uniquely American blend of cunning, resourcefulness, and resolve—traits that both contributed to their successes and baffled their superiors. Masterfully recounted, this gripping tale will enthrall seasoned Civil War buffs and history novices alike.”
John F. Marszalek, Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, Mississippi State University, and Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association
“Not all readers will agree with everything Jack Hurst says, but they will find the argument intriguing that a commoner won the Civil War because his side gave him the chance, while the Confederacy lost because it kept its most talented commoner at arms length.”