The White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. Sherman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780471283294)

"Extraordinarily readable." --Paul D. Casdorph, author of Jackson and Lee

Best remembered as the man who burned Atlanta and marched his army to the sea, cutting a swath of destruction through Georgia, William Tecumseh Sherman remains one of the most vital figures in Civil War annals. In The White Tecumseh, Stanley Hirshson has crafted a beautiful and rigorous work of scholarship, the only life of Sherman to draw on regimental histories and testimonies by the general's own men. What emerges is a landmark portrait of a brilliant but tormented soul, haunted by a family legacy of mental illness and relentlessly driven to realize a powerful military ambition.

"Sympathetic yet excellent . . . insight into how Sherman's own troops felt about him and his relationships with fellow generals, especially Grant. . . . Highly recommended." --Library Journal

Author: Stanley P. Hirshson
ISBN-10: 0471283290
ISBN-13: 9780471283294
Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Published: 09/07/1998
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.14w x 1.35d