The devil soldier
the story of Frederick Townsend Ward
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Word Count
91,500 words, Guess
Page Count
366 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1533427M
- ISBN-100679411143
- OCLC Control Number23216739
- OCLC Control Number25166353
- OCLC Control Numberdevilsoldiers00carr
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number91011158
- Goodreads338870
- LibraryThing99928
Classifications
- DDC951/.034
- LCCDS759.35.W37 C37 1992
- LCCDS759.35.W37C37 1992
Description
A courageous leader who became the first American mandarin, Frederick Townsend Ward won crucial victories for the Emperor of China during the Taiping Rebellion, history's bloodiest civil war. Carr's skills as historian and storyteller come to the fore in this thrilling account of the kind of adventurer the world no longer sees.
Description
The astonishing true story of Frederick Townsend Ward, a young American mercenary who became one of the greatest military leaders in the Chinese empire. In 1859, in the midst of the bloodiest civil war China had ever seen, Ward created the "Ever Victorious Army" -- otherwise known as the "Devil Soldiers" in response to the powerful rebel threat.
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