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William Tecumseh Sherman
Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
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Description for William Tecumseh Sherman
Named after Tecumseh, a famous Shawnee leader, William Tecumseh Sherman was raised by a foster family following his father's death. Sherman quit the military to become a partner at a bank in San Francisco and then became president of a military college in Louisiana. This memoir provides his story. Num Pages: 149 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs, bibliography, glossary, sidebars, chronology & t. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Named after Tecumseh, a famous Shawnee leader, William Tecumseh Sherman was raised by a foster family following his father's death. At military school, he was a good student but a mediocre soldier, and after graduation, he became frustrated with his chosen career. Sherman quit the military to become a partner at a bank in San Francisco and then became president of a military college in Louisiana. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he volunteered his services, eventually fighting under General Ulysses S. Grant. Made supreme commander of the armies in the West, Sherman's abilities began to shine through. Despite ... Read more
Named after Tecumseh, a famous Shawnee leader, William Tecumseh Sherman was raised by a foster family following his father's death. At military school, he was a good student but a mediocre soldier, and after graduation, he became frustrated with his chosen career. Sherman quit the military to become a partner at a bank in San Francisco and then became president of a military college in Louisiana. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he volunteered his services, eventually fighting under General Ulysses S. Grant. Made supreme commander of the armies in the West, Sherman's abilities began to shine through. Despite ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
149
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9781604133004
SKU
V9781604133004
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About Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Rachel A. Koestler-Grack has worked as an editor and writer of nonfiction books since 1999, focusing on historical topics ranging from the Middle Ages to the colonial era to the civil rights movement. She has also written numerous biographies on a variety of historical and contemporary figures. Koestler-Grack lives in the German community of New Ulm, Minnesota.
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