Sickles the IncredibleThe life of a Civil War general, congressman tried for murder, friend of five Presidents, diplomat, spendthrift, and libertine - one of the gaudiest of American figures. |
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Recenze od uživatele - BruceCoulson - LibraryThingOne of those characters in history whose life would make a great movie; except critics would pan it for being 'too unrealistic'. Like many Northern veterans of the Civil War, Sickles went on to a long ... Přečíst celou recenzi
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Recenze od uživatele - antiquary - LibraryThingTo me, most interesting for his killing Francis Scott Key Jr. for adultery with Sickle's wife, getting acquitted, and then forgiving his wife -- taking back the wife, not killing Key, got him shunned in Congress. Beside this, his dubious exploits at Gettysburg pale. Přečíst celou recenzi
Obsah
The Peoples Choice I | 1 |
Politicking on the Potomac | 9 |
After the Ball | 26 |
Autorská práva | |
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Sickles the Incredible: A Biography of Daniel Edgar Sickles W. A. Swanber Náhled není k dispozici. - 1991 |
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Bibliografické údaje
| Název | Sickles the Incredible Civil War Book Club |
| Autor | William Andrew Swanberg |
| Spolupracovník | Civil War Book Club |
| Vydavatel | Scribner, 1956 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Michiganská univerzita |
| Digitalizováno | 1. březen 2007 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 433 |
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