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John Bell Hood : the rise, fall, and resurrection of a Confederate General

"John Bell Hood was one of the Confederacy?s most successful?and enigmatic?generals. He died at 48 after a brief illness in August of 1879, leaving behind the first draft of his memoirs Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies. Published posthumously the following year, the memoirs immediately became as controversial as their author. A careful and balanced examination of these "controversies," however, coupled with the recent discovery of Hood?s personal papers (which were long considered lost) finally sets the record straight in John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General"--Amazon

Print Book, English, 2013
First edition
Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, California, 2013