num_pages: 416
description: Despite his great victory at Gettysburg and his command of the army that forced Lee's surrender at Appomattox George Meade saw his fame eclipsed by that of Lee Grant and other Civil War generals. This book does a great deal to redress that historical injustice. Tom Huntington has invented a new genre of biography that shifts between past and present as he tells the story of Meade's life and describes his own pilgrimage to the key sites of that life. The result is an engrossing narrative that the reader can scarcely put down. - James M. McPherson Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of FreedomSearching for George Gordon Meade is a splendid book! Well-researched well-reasoned and well-written it's a timely and vital addition to the all-too-meager literature on this neglected American hero. Strongly recommended for serious historians as well as for a general readership. Excellent! - Ralph Peters author of Cain at GettysburgMuch more than another Civil War biography Tom Huntington's gripping personal 'search' for George Gordon Meade is unique and irresistible: a combination life story military history travelogue and cultural commentary that brings us closer than ever to the old general and his strange reputation--and also opens new windows to our own unending search for an understandable national identity. - Harold Holzer author and Chairman of Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial FoundationA historian's investigation of the life and times of Gen. George Gordon Meade to discover why the hero of Gettysburg has failed to achieve the status accorded to other generals of the conflict. Covers Meade's career from his part in the Mexican-American War through his participation in the great Civil War engagements including Second Bull Run Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg and Petersburg. Available for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Explores Meade's legacy today at reenactments battlefields museums and institutions that preserve history.
language: English
title: Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg
publisher: Stackpole Books