num_pages: 496
description: "Extraordinarily readable." --Paul D. Casdorph, author of Jackson and LeeBest 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
language: English
title: The White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. Sherman
titlecomplete: The White Tecumseh: A Biography of General William T. Sherman
genres: Biography, Civil War, Nonfiction, American Civil War, History
ratings_count: 39
publisher: Wiley