Ben Mcculloch and the Frontier Military Tradition
Auteur: Thomas W. Cutrer
Nombre de pages: 416 pages
ISBN: 0807860948, 9780807860946
Edition: Univ of North Carolina Press
Date de publication: Univ of North Carolina Press
Description: “[A] well-written, comprehensively researched biography.” — Publishers Weekly“Will both edify the scholar while captivating and entertaining the general reader. . . . Cutrer’s research is impeccable, his prose vigorous, and his life of McCulloch likely to remain the standard for many years.” — Civil War“A well-crafted work that makes an important contribution to understanding the frontier military tradition and the early stages of the Civil War in the West.” — Civil War History“A penetrating study of a man who was one of the last citizen soldiers to wear a general’s stars.” — Blue and Gray“A brisk narrative filled with colorful quotations by and about the central figure. . . . Will become the standard biography of Ben McCulloch.” — Journal of Southern History“A fast-paced, clearly written narrative that does full justice to its heroically oversized subject.” — American Historical Review