Publication

2007 - Southern Illinois University Press

Language

English

Word Count

170,000 words, Guess

Page Count

680 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007011275
  • LibraryThing138001
  • Goodreads2144274

Classifications

  • LCCE467.1.S55 M34 2007
  • DDC973.7/092
  • DDCB

First Sentence

THE HUGE MAN WALKED the one hundred yards down the Main Street hill to the house of his newly widowed neighbor.

Description

*Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order* is the biography of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War commander known for his "destructive war" policy against Confederates and as a consummate soldier. With a new preface by the author, this award-winning book presents the general as a complicated man who, fearing anarchy, searched for the order that he hoped would make his life a success. This biography, which includes forty-six illustrations, effectively refutes misconceptions surrounding the controversial Union general and presents Sherman the man, not the myth.

First Sentence

When William T. Sherman published his memoirs in 1875, there already existed numerous articles about him and even a 512-page "Military Biography" by two friends, Colonel S. M. Bowman and Lieutenant Colonel R. B. Irwin.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • ShermanPaperbackSouthern Illinois University Press2007

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