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"Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-101469668041

ISBN-139781469668048

eBay Product ID (ePID)21050429498

Product Key Features

Book TitleBenjamin Franklin Butler : a Noisy, Fearless Life

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Political, United States / General, Military

Publication Year2022

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorElizabeth D. Leonard

Book SeriesCivil War America Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight10.1 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-049407

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPrize-winning historian Leonard brings her considerable skill in research and writing to this biography--the fullest and most balanced one yet--of the controversial Civil War-era military and political leader Benjamin Butler...Leonard sets the record straight on Butler and provides an object lesson on the ways his personality and principles combined to effect public good."-- Library Journal, Prize-winning historian Leonard brings her considerable skill in research and writing to this biography--the fullest and most balanced one yet--of the controversial Civil War-era military and political leader Benjamin Butler. . . . Leonard sets the record straight on Butler and provides an object lesson on the ways his personality and principles combined to effect public good."-- Library Journal, Prize-winning historian Leonard brings her considerable skill in research and writing to this biography--the fullest and most balanced one yet--of the controversial Civil War-era military and political leader Benjamin Butler. . . . Leonard sets the record straight on Butler and provides an object lesson on the ways his personality and principles combined to effect public good.-- Library Journal, "Prize-winning historian Leonard brings her considerable skill in research and writing to this biography--the fullest and most balanced one yet--of the controversial Civil War-era military and political leader Benjamin Butler. . . . Leonard sets the record straight on Butler and provides an object lesson on the ways his personality and principles combined to effect public good."-- Library Journal, Elizabeth D. Leonard's biography . . . offers both an informative rebuke to the cartoonish caricature and a judicious reassessment of her subject's human failings and capacities. The author acknowledges an unintended yet eventual admiration for Butler, but she also offers a convincing thesis that his legacy is more noble than contemptible.-- Journal of Southern History, "Elizabeth D. Leonard's biography . . . offers both an informative rebuke to the cartoonish caricature and a judicious reassessment of her subject's human failings and capacities. The author acknowledges an unintended yet eventual admiration for Butler, but she also offers a convincing thesis that his legacy is more noble than contemptible."--Journal of Southern History "Prize-winning historian Leonard brings her considerable skill in research and writing to this biography--the fullest and most balanced one yet--of the controversial Civil War-era military and political leader Benjamin Butler. . . . Leonard sets the record straight on Butler and provides an object lesson on the ways his personality and principles combined to effect public good."--Library Journal, "Elizabeth D. Leonard's biography . . . offers both an informative rebuke to the cartoonish caricature and a judicious reassessment of her subject's human failings and capacities. The author acknowledges an unintended yet eventual admiration for Butler, but she also offers a convincing thesis that his legacy is more noble than contemptible."-- Journal of Southern History

Dewey Decimal973.7092

SynopsisBenjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from ......, Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from childhood destitution to wealth and profound influence in state and national halls of power. Prize-winning biographer Elizabeth D. Leonard chronicles Butler's successful career in the law defending the rights of the Lowell Mill girls and other workers, his achievements as one of Abraham Lincoln's premier civilian generals, and his role in developing wartime policy in support of slavery's fugitives as the nation advanced toward emancipation. Leonard also highlights Butler's personal and political evolution, revealing how his limited understanding of racism and the horrors of slavery transformed over time, leading him into a postwar role as one of the nation's foremost advocates for Black freedom and civil rights, and one of its notable opponents of white supremacy and neo-Confederate resurgence.Butler himself claimed he was "always with the underdog in the fight." Leonard's nuanced portrait will help readers assess such claims, peeling away generations of previous assumptions and characterizations to provide a definitive life of a consequential man., Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from childhood destitution to wealth and profound influence in state and national halls of power. Prize-winning biographer Elizabeth D. Leonard chronicles Butler's successful career in the law defending the rights of the Lowell Mill girls and other workers, his achievements as one of Abraham Lincoln's premier civilian generals, and his role in developing wartime policy in support of slavery's fugitives as the nation advanced toward emancipation. Leonard also highlights Butler's personal and political evolution, revealing how his limited understanding of racism and the horrors of slavery transformed over time, leading him into a postwar role as one of the nation's foremost advocates for Black freedom and civil rights, and one of its notable opponents of white supremacy and neo-Confederate resurgence. Butler himself claimed he was always with the underdog in the fight. Leonard's nuanced portrait will help readers assess such claims, peeling away generations of previous assumptions and characterizations to provide a definitive life of a consequential man., Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from childhood destitution to wealth and profound influence in state and national halls of power. Prize-winning biographer Elizabeth Leonard chronicles Butler's successful career in the law defending the rights of the Lowell Mill girls and other workers, his achievements as one of Abraham Lincoln's premier civilian generals, and his role in developing wartime policy in support of slavery's fugitives as the nation advanced toward emanciaption. Leonard also highlights Butler's personal and political evolution, revealing how his limited understanding of racism and the horrors of slavery transformed over time, leading him into a postwar role as one of the nation's foremost advocates for Black freedom and civil rights, and one of its notable opponents of white supremacy and neo-Confederate resurgence. Butler himself claimed he was "always with the underdog in the fight." Leonard's nuanced portrait will help readers assess such claims, peeling away generations of previous assumptions and characterizations to provide a definitive life of a consequential man.

LC Classification NumberE467.1.B87L46 2022