BOLD DRAGOON - LIFE OF JEB STUART - FIRST EDITION - CIVIL WAR

Description: BOLD DRAGOON THE LIFE OF J.E.B. STUART BY EMORY M. THOMAS FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION This is a new, unread, pristine-condition book. Definiative Biography of J.E.B. Stuart Loaded with Illustrations, Photos and Maps Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solid, New Book PUBLISHED BY HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, 1986 J.E.B. Stuart, leader of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, earned the admiration of his enemies and the adulation of his friends during the first three years of the Civil War. Famed for his daring ride around McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign, his raid behind Union lines in Virginia and into Maryland and Pennsylvania, and his dashing good looks, high spirits and bravery, he was a legend long before he was fatally wounded at Yellow Tavern in 1864. In this incisive account of Stuart’s life and achievements, Emory M. Thomas follow Stuart’s career from his childhood in western Virginia to his untimely death a year before Appomattox. Based on extensive research and utilizing new primary sources, including Stuart’s own letters, the book examines Stuart’s crucial role as Lee’s aid during the John Brown’s raid on Harper Ferry, is brilliant charge at the head of 350 cavalrymen during the Battle of Bull Run, his great value as Lee’s eyes and ears in following Union movements while screening Confederate disposition, and his participation in all the major battle of the East until his death – Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness. Thomas also examines the controversies that arose over Stuart’s losing touch with Lee in the crucial days before Gettysburg, his purported embellishment of some battle reports, his penchant for self-glorification and the adulation of Southern belles; and he addresses the question: Was Stuart and anachronism, the romantic cavalier in a modern war? Or was he a true hero, who left a large though intangible legacy at this untimely death? Emory Thomas speaks to these and other question while painting Stuart as the man he was. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDTION This wonderful, First Edition book is brand new, unread, and in pristine condition. It comes in a pristine condition dust jacket. The book is clean, sharp, bright and solidly bound. There isn’t a mark in it. The binding is fine throughout the book. The book is loaded with wonderful photos, illustrations and maps. A mint condition first edition book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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