Sherman Fighting Prophet Author:LLoyd Lewis This biography opens again a chapter of American history the most heroic, the most distressing, the most exciting in all our history-- which, to readers of this generation, has been closed. It brings into the light of the imagination again one of the most picturesque, most puzzling, and indeed, most influential of all our national figures, who f... more »or reasons hard to understand, has been for many years now known little more than by name. It is book so rich in anecdote and adventure, in personality and character, in dramatic contrast, in humor and tragedy, that it is difficult to write of it without an enthusiasm which may be mistaken for mere blurbing.« less