Remaindered at B&N for $7. For "Book of Lists" fans. There are several great quotes including Stonewall Jackson's response to the Confederate War Department, "Send me more men - and fewer questions."
If one is looking to read a book exclusively about the battle of Mansfield, this volume, despite the title, is not the one to choose. The author does not discuss the battle itself until Chapter 16, 85% of the way through the book and then for just fourteen pages. The major focus of the book is General Richard Taylor’s involvement with the conflict in southern Louisiana. This tale begins in 1860 and traces his (and peripherally other) characters through the war and ends with the battle referred to in the title. To me, a major deficiency of the work is the absence of any maps. Geography heavily influenced the war in Louisiana and not having even a basic graphical reference is a major inconvenience. Having described what I felt are deficiencies in the book, I must say that it did serve well to describe the overall situation and did discuss the political and military factors which gave shape to it. The book was well-written and an informative general presentation about a not-too-well-known arena. In summary, a reversal of the title and subtitle would more accurately describe the work.… (altro)
This book contained a number of interesting and amusing twists to the lessons of history we may have learned in school. I have no doubt that Ayres comes as close or closer to the truth than what convention would have us believe, others may just be an alternative theory. An easy and fun read.
I don't know anyone can *not* like this book - it was plain ol' fun to hear about the real stories behind the history stories. I'd heard about some of the fallacies... mostly Columbus stories... and the Betsy Ross tales... but the rest were new. One complaint of the audiobook - very bad editing, hard to tell when a new chapter started. Minor quibble, I thought it was a fun, interesting book and anyone who enjoys US history tales will like it.
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