Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldier's Life

. . . detailed, well-written and thoroughly documented. --The Journal of Military History

. . . comprehensive, well-written, and thoroughly researched . . . --Booklist

. . . the definitive work on the life of Winfield Scott Hancock . . . --Blue and Gray

At last we have a complete life of [Hancock], and it, too, is superb. --The Philadelphia Inquirer

Jordan's careful attention to detail and excellent use of sources highlight a lively writing style to make a highly readable book. --America's Civil War

Jordan's study of Hancock is an important contribution to both military and political history. --Journal of Southern History

Author: David M. Jordan
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 11/22/1995
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.12w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780253210586

About the Author

DAVID M. JORDAN is a practicing attorney and author of A Tiger in His Time: Hal Newhouser and the Burden of Wartime Ball and Roscoe Conkling of New York: Voice in the Senate, considered the definitive biography of that major figure of the post-Civil War era. Jordan has also appeared on the Arts & Entertainment Network's Civil War Journal in a program about Winfield Scott Hancock.