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Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War
by Hurst, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0465031846
- ISBN 13
- 9780465031849
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0465031846 . Nathan Bedford Forrest commanded the Confederate Army and Grant the Union Armty: "The Fort Henry and Fort Donelson battles forever changed the course of the Civil War..." Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. Original blue cloth publisher's spine with gilt spine lettering over tan covers. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings.; B&W Photographs & Maps; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 442 pages .
Synopsis
Deep in the winter of 1862, on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, two extraordinary military leaders faced each other in an epic clash that would transform them both and change the course of American history forever. Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant had no significant military successes to his credit at the outset of the campaign. He was barely clinging to his position within the Union Army-he had been officially charged with chronic drunkenness only days earlier, and his own troops despised him. His opponent was as untested as he was: an obscure lieutenant colonel named Nathan Bedford Forrest. The two men held one thing in common: an unrelenting desire for victory at any cost. A riveting account of the making of two great military leaders, and two battles that transformed America forever, 'Men of Fire' is destined to become a classic work of military history.
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20868
- Title
- Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War
- Author
- Hurst, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0465031846
- ISBN 13
- 9780465031849
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- 0465031846, Civil War, Uysses S. Grant, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Condfedrate, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Tennessee
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Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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