The first book chronicling the forces who served the legendary figure. Nathan Bedford Forrest has been an inspiration for biography and fiction for over a century; and those who rode with him have taken on the same mythic persona as Forrest. In this close look at his staff; author Michael Bradley proposes that Forrest�s stature and the stature of his men were not mutually exclusive; rather one helped shape the other. The book offers new perspectives on the fact and fiction surrounding Forrest and his men and includes the previously unpublished minutes of the association formed in 1877 to keep alive memories of when they �rode with Forrest.�
#875291 in Books St. Augustines Press 2009-07-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .70 x 6.00l; .75 #File Name: 1587312158211 pages
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful. Luminous and LucidBy MARGARET PETERBrague's luminous imagination and lucid style (in French) are difficult to match. The book is chock full of original ideas; everyone who reads it will find his mind stimulated; but Brague has also written an indispensable work; a work which fills a gap in western historiography: it nudges our Protestant; Anglo-American; German-dominated historical tradition into coming to grips with an important and neglected strand of Western culture: the Mediterranean-Catholic contribution which has been out of the mainstream of historical thinking at least since the late 16th century; and triumphantly so since the late 18th century. Whoever is up for an exciting journey of rediscovery; and a more complete and more accurate diagnosis of our contemporary Western world and its future will find this mercifully brief and elegant book indispensable.7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. An essential book for any libraryBy Anonymous and loving itTake my word for it: this is an essential book for any library. Why are Europe and the Americas the way they are; culturally; at their best? What is most enduring in what we call The West? Polyglot Brague; a truly original and creative mind; has answers; based on the best evidence; elegantly argued. All of his books and articles have these qualities; so let your purchase of this book be the first of many of his works.32 of 37 people found the following review helpful. graced secondarityBy Andrew P. PorterA very simple thesis; with a lot of rich detail accompanying it.The Latin West has always thought itself secondary in culture; and doubly so: The Romans thought that for culture; you had to go someplace else; namely Greece. And the Christian West; that for religion; you had to go someplace else; namely to the Bible; most of which is from Hebrew sources.The result was a graced secondarity; not a graceless inferiority or an other-ignoring superiority. This is the root of the West's perpetual interest in; and value of; other culturesThe pivotal crisis was in the second century; when the Church decided; against Marcion; to keep the inherited Hebrew scripture in its entirely.The Greek East viewed the Greek literature as its patrimony; and took it for granted. Islam translated what it wanted and ignored the rest; content with its own superiority.
