General Scott
General Marcus J. Wright · 1893
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Description
General Marcus J. Wright wrote this life of Winfield Scott for the Great Commanders series, edited by James Grant Wilson and published in New York in 1894, with copyright dated 1893. Scott, the long-serving American general, stands in a series beside Farragut, Taylor, Jackson, Greene, Johnston, and Thomas. Wright, himself a general, writes as a soldier judging a soldier.
The book follows Scott's campaigns and commands across a career that stretched from the War of 1812 to the opening of the Civil War. Readers get a compact, late nineteenth-century military biography, more interested in command decisions and service than in private life. It remains a handy starting point for Scott's place among America's early generals.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | General Marcus J. Wright |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1893 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 577 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |