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American Scoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally (2002, Hardcover)

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On the last Sunday of February 1859, Dan Sickles, a charming young congressman from New York, murdered his good friend Philip Barton Key (son of Francis Scott Key)who was also his wife's loverin Washington's Lafayette Square. The shooting took place directly across the street from the White House, the home of Sickles's friend and protector, President James Buchanan. Sickles turned himself in; political friends in New York's Tammany Hall machinery, including the dynamic criminal lawyer James Brady, quickly gathered around. While his beautiful young wife was banned from public life and shunned by society, Dan Sickles was acquitted. American Scoundrelis the extraordinary story of this powerful mid-nineteenth century politician and inveterate womanizer, whose irresistible charms and rock-solid connections not only allowed him to get away with murder - literally - but also paved the way to a stunning career. Once free to resume his life, Dan Sickles raised a regiment for the Union political elite and went on to become a general in the army, rising to the rank of brigadier general and commanding a flank at the Battle of Gettysburg in a maneuver so controversial it is still argued over by scholars today. After losing a leg in that battle, Sickles fought on and after the war became military governor of South Carolina, and later was named minister to Spain, where he continued astonishingly to conduct his amorous assignations. With great brio and insight - and a delight in bad behavior - Thomas Keneally has brought to light a tale of American history that resonates with uncomfortable truths about our politics, ethics, and morality.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385501390
ISBN-13
9780385501392
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1976760

Product Key Features

Book Title
American Scoundrel : the Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
Author
Thomas Keneally
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Political, United States / General, Military
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, History
Number of Pages
400 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.6in
Item Weight
25.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E415.9.S53k46 2002
Reviews
"Spellbinding. . . . Riveting. . . . Mesmerizing." -The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant. . . . Rollicking, captivating. . . . Engrossing, entertaining. . . . Keneally brings Sickles back to life in every colorful and scandalous detail." -Chicago Sun-Times "Panoramic. . . . For anybody who savors ripely old-fashioned storytelling with a side of modern hindsight." -San Francisco Chronicle "Lively and evocative. . . . Keneally's prose, as usual, is vivid and his research is thorough; he displays an impressive command of the minutiae of 19th-century American politics." -The Washington Post "Entertaining. . . . Fast-paced." The Wall Street Journal "An especially lively and compelling account of an extraordinary life." The Seattle Times "Provocative. . . . [Keneally] shows himself . . . adept at biography. . . . [He] breathes full and controversial life into a famous military engagement." The Economist "Engaging. . . . Keneally deftly conveys the atmosphere of fervent in pre-civil war Washington. . . . [He] has the advantage of a novelist's sense of pace, a mellifluous prose style and a profound sympathy for both his main characters." Sunday Times (London) "A fascinating look at a time when powerful men could get away with virtually anything." Houston Chronicle "A memorable account of Sickles' life, and the political, social and military world in which he lived. Keneally has given us an engaging biography." The Oregonian "Keneally's writing is flawless. . . . He tells Sickles' story in a rich voice that is perfectly pitched for this tale of 19th-century excess." San Antonio Express-News "Keneally is joyfully inquisitive. . . . He deserves real praise. He enters naturally and sympathetically into the hearts of his protagonistshis own prose takes on the flavour of the period he invokes." The Times Literary Supplement "Fast-paced, smooth-as-silk. . . . Remarkable and colorful. . . . Keneally is a gifted writer who captures the mood and manner of an age in succinct verbal portraits." BookPage "[An] ambitious work encompassing nearly a full century of American political, financial, cultural and social life. . . . [Sickles's is] a life Keneally nails with sureness and scholarship." Daily News (New York)
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2001-043078
Dewey Decimal
328.73/092 B
Dewey Edition
21

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I purchased this book because of 1 it's title, 2 it is about the Civil War. I am very interested in the different wars in the United States from the Civil war back. I am a genealogist/researcher and much information is recorded in this form of book. So far I have not finished the book, but it has so far been very interesting

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