Old Blood and Guts
He was a warrior poet, a man of incredible strength, charisma and often times cruelty. No, this is not the rough draft of my epitaph for The Moon Is a Cookie. I speak of the man pictured... General George S. Patton.I'm in the middle of a biography of General Patton which is so epic in scope, thoroughly researched and brilliantly written, that I thought I'd take some time out to recommend it anyone else insane enough to read the 850 page bio of a dead soldier.
General Patton : A Soldier's Life was written by Dr. Stanley P. Hirshson, you may recognize him as the author of several other historical works including The Lion of the Lord and The White Tecumseh.
Hirshson seems to have really done his homework, digging through the old archives at the West Point Library and going through Patton's personal library. He brings to light some events in Pattons life not usually covered in other Bios of the General (I guess those Columbia Ph.D.'s pay off). Showing both sides of Patton is another thing Hirshson excells at. Patton is a pretty hard portrait to paint without either vilifying or overly heroizing him.
Regardless of your feelings for the General, this is an historical volume that stands on its own and deserves a look at.
posted by Anonymous at 3:45 PM
2 Comments:
Hrmm.... sounds awesome. I would give it a read, but for my crippling lack of literacy.
And w0w - those blogspammers work fast, eh? Before I could toss my two Lincolns in on this here topic, they've already badgered you into signing up to their... thing. You did sign up, right? Because that's the only way to get them to stop... it's the only way...
i have changed some settings to help kill the spam. Spam, on the other hand, has inspired a post.
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