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American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles

Door Thomas Keneally

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#380844-UC6
Titel
American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
Auteur
Keneally, Thomas
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York etc. : Nan A. Talese
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
0385501390
ISBN13
9780385501392
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, uncut, 8vo.
Samenvatting
On the last Sunday of February 1859, Dan Sickles, a charming young congressman from New York, murdered his good friend Philip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key)–who was also his wife's lover–in Washington's Lafayette Square. The shooting took place directly across the street from the White House, the home of Sickles's friend and protector, President James Buchanan. Sickles turned himself in; political friends in New York's Tammany Hall machinery, including the dynamic criminal lawyer James Brady, quickly gathered around. While his beautiful young wife was banned from public life and shunned by society, Dan Sickles was acquitted. American Scoundrelis the extraordinary story of this powerful mid-nineteenth century politician and inveterate womanizer, whose irresistible charms ... (Lees verder)and rock-solid connections not only allowed him to get away with murder — literally — but also paved the way to a stunning career. Once free to resume his life, Dan Sickles raised a regiment for the Union political elite and went on to become a general in the army, rising to the rank of brigadier general and commanding a flank at the Battle of Gettysburg in a maneuver so controversial it is still argued over by scholars today. After losing a leg in that battle, Sickles fought on and after the war became military governor of South Carolina, and later was named minister to Spain, where he continued astonishingly to conduct his amorous assignations. With great brio and insight — and a delight in bad behavior — Thomas Keneally has brought to light a tale of American history that resonates with uncomfortable truths about our politics, ethics, and morality.
Pagina's
397
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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