Nathan Bedford Forrest, Jack Hurst
Nathan Bedford Forrest, Jack Hurst
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
A Biography

Author: Jack Hurst

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 16 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2009

Synopsis

He was a fierce and controversial Civil War officer, an unschooled but brilliant cavalryman, an epic figure in Americas most celebrated war. A superb tactician and ferocious fighter, Nathan Bedford Forrest revolutionized the way armies fought in the course of rising from private to lieutenant general in the Confederate Army.In this detailed and fascinating account of the legend of the Wizard of the Saddle, we see a man whose strengths and flaws were both of towering proportions, a man possessed of physical valor perhaps unprecedented among his countrymen. And, ironically, Forrestthe first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klanwas a man whose social attitudes may well have changed farther in the direction of racial enlightenment over the span of his lifetime than those of most American historical figures.

About Jack Hurst

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on September 27, 2013

Normally, I don't like biographies that much because most people do not have such exciting lives throughout. General Nathan Bedford Forrest was an exception. He started out as a slave trader, enlisted as a private after Fort Sumter, but quickly rose to the rank of general commanding Confederate cava......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on May 21, 2010

This book is a little painful to read. Amazon review: Nathan Bedford Forrest was the only soldier to rise from the rank of private to general during the U.S. Civil War. At once "a soft-spoken gentleman of marked placidity and an overbearing bully of homicidal wrath," Forrest is best remembered for th......more

Goodreads review by Ira on January 23, 2024

More Civil War history for me, after my trip to Shiloh, TN which I had spent 4 days touring during the 155th Anniversary of the battle. This book, my brother picked up and then ended up not having room in his bag, so he lent it to me to read first and get back when we meet up this summer again. I'm gl......more

Goodreads review by Rich on November 26, 2017

Author is way too apologetic of Forrest. He was a slave trader, but he was kind to his slaves. He killed several men in personal altercations throughout his life, but each time it was self defense. He was “the butcher of Fort Pillow” but the press blew it out of proportion. He was the first grand wi......more

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