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Title: GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET: THE CONFEDERACY'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL SOLDIER by Jeffry D. Wert ISBN: 0-671-89287-8 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (29 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A well written biography
Comment: General James Longstreet has long been one of my favorite Civil War Generals so when I came across this book I just had to have it. Mr Wert is a gifted writer and historian who leads the reader through Longstreets early childhood and education to his life at the Military Academy into his military career and his later political life. Mr Wert tells of his successes and failures, of the battles he won and the ones he lost. as well as his disagreements with other Generals and Confederate leaders. As someone else has stated you well learn nothing new here, You will find a well written biography without bias or editorial comment about one of the greatest civil was generals. I feel this is a must read for any civil war buff or any who is interested in learning more about this era of our history.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent and balanced study of a controversial general
Comment: Having read all of the previous biographies of General James Longstreet, I came to read this one with some preconceived ideas as to the character and accomplishments of James Longstreet. Though I was not surprised at what I read, Wert is to be commended for a job very well done. Although he comes to the conclusion that Longstreet was the best corps commander that Robert E. Lee commanded (Stonewall Jackson devotees notwithstanding), he paints Longstreet "warts and all." Many otherwise excellent biographies (see D.S. Freeman's R. E. Lee) fail this as the biographer sometimes comes too close to worship of their subject.
Wert's one failing is that he does not get close to Longstreet the man as he does Longstreet the General. Other Longstreet biographers have also been found wanting in this regard. They should be forgiven this as, sadly, many of Longstreet's papers and effects were destroyed in fires. Particularly sparse are records pertaining to his youth.
Wert shines in his treatment of Longstreet's supposed Waterloo, Gettysburg, His treatment is even handed and covers all controversies in a thorough and analytical manner.
This is Civil War reading at its finest, by one of the top civil war historians of today. I heartily recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: restoration of Longstreet
Comment: An excellent biography, the author's effort to clear the air on James Longstreet proves to be very successful. In a clear and well written style with good insights into his main character, Jeffry Wert did great justice to a man who was totally misunderstood during much of the latter half of the 19th century and at least during the first half of 20th century. In clearing up Longstreet's name, Wert restored an element of Civil War history back on its rightful place. Wert believes that Longstreet was the finest corps commander Lee ever had (and better then any Union corps commanders). That is a bold statement which will be debated by many. The biography was geared more toward Longstreet's military career then his personal one and although the book proves to be filled with information, its all easily consumable by a causal reader. A must have book for any Civil War library.
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Title: From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet ISBN: 0306804646 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1992 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History by William Garrett Piston ISBN: 0820312290 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: LEE by Douglas Southall Freeman ISBN: 0684829533 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: LEE'S LIEUTENANTS: A STUDY IN COMMAND by Douglas Southall Freeman, James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0684859793 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Through Blood and Fire at Gettysburg by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ISBN: 1879664178 Publisher: Stan Clark Military Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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