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Informationen zum Autor Jack Hurst is a historian and former journalist who has written for newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer , and Nashville Tennessean . His books include Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography , and Men of Fire . A native of Maryville, Tennessee and a descendant of both Union and Confederate soldiers, he currently lives with his wife outside Nashville, Tennessee. Klappentext From the author of the acclaimed "Men of Fire!" the next stage of the battle between Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest. These opposing giants clash through the brutal 20 months that decided the Civil War. Zusammenfassung Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work! ingenuity! and intense determination. Each man's background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield! but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant! it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest! by contrast! it sealed its fate.
