Civil War America
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[A] well-written, comprehensively researched biography.""-- Publishers Weekly ""Will both edify the scholar while captivating and entertaining the general reader. . . . Cutrer's research is impeccable, his prose vigorous, and his life of McCulloch likely to remain the standard for many years.""-- Civil War ""A well-crafted work that makes an important contribution to understanding the frontier military tradition and the early stages of the Civil War in the West.""-- Civil War History ""A penetrating study of a man who was one of the last citizen soldiers to wear a general's stars.""-- Blue and Gray ""A brisk narrative filled with colorful quotations by and about the central figure. . . . Will become the standard biography of Ben McCulloch.""-- Journal of Southern History ""A fast-paced, clearly written narrative that does full justice to its heroically oversized subject.""-- American Historical Review