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Ben Mcculloch and the Frontier Military Tradition
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Series: Civil War America
Military BiographiesCivil War Period (1850-1877)General Military History
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ISBN10: 1469613743
ISBN13: 9781469613741
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 1 2014
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781469613741
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 1 2014
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
[A] well-written, comprehensively researched biography.--Publishers Weekly
Will both edify the scholar while captivating and entertaining the general reader. . . . Cutrer's research is impeccable, his prose vigorous, and his life of McCulloch likely to remain the standard for many years.--Civil War
A well-crafted work that makes an important contribution to understanding the frontier military tradition and the early stages of the Civil War in the West.--Civil War History
A penetrating study of a man who was one of the last citizen soldiers to wear a general's stars.--Blue and Gray
A brisk narrative filled with colorful quotations by and about the central figure. . . . Will become the standard biography of Ben McCulloch.--Journal of Southern History
A fast-paced, clearly written narrative that does full justice to its heroically oversized subject.--American Historical Review
Will both edify the scholar while captivating and entertaining the general reader. . . . Cutrer's research is impeccable, his prose vigorous, and his life of McCulloch likely to remain the standard for many years.--Civil War
A well-crafted work that makes an important contribution to understanding the frontier military tradition and the early stages of the Civil War in the West.--Civil War History
A penetrating study of a man who was one of the last citizen soldiers to wear a general's stars.--Blue and Gray
A brisk narrative filled with colorful quotations by and about the central figure. . . . Will become the standard biography of Ben McCulloch.--Journal of Southern History
A fast-paced, clearly written narrative that does full justice to its heroically oversized subject.--American Historical Review
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