In these strange days of quarantine and isolation, books can be a mode of transport. At this point, I’m sure you’re saying, I was hesitant to read a book about Stonewall Jackson for the simple reason that I hate the guy.

I guess that's a minor quibble, though, since this book is like 760 pages long.For sheer scholarship, Dr. Robertson's biography of Jackson will likely outlive his grandchildren.

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by Bonnier Zaffre

Thomas J "Stonewall" Jackson was a complex if not contradictory character.

He and his second wife, Anna, that he loved dearly had one baby girl, Julia, to survive. It was really long.

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He left the university and joined a theatrical group in Denver. Attended every church service he could, yet usually slept through the sermon. Did we frankly need to spend as much time as we did talking about pretty much every single thing that Stonewall Jackson ever did? Like Robertson talks about how at the Seven Days, there were operational problems because Jackson and Lee hadn't come to think "as one mind" or something to that effect. This very long book is worth the time it takes to read. Definitely #1 on my list for recommended books about General Jackson. I would definitely recommend this piece to anyone who is interested in this phenomenal man or anyone who has to do a project specifically on Stonewall Jackson. As in a Forsyth thriller, the orchestration of plot knots your stomach tighter with every page, luring you into the blind, fetid alleys of Jacobean London – thence, for instance, into the low light of a parlour where “the pinched and haggard faces seemed already to belong to the afterlife”... and, of course, downIt’s not hard to see why Frederick Forsyth is addicted to James Jackson’s books (a Forsyth endorsement appears on most, quite possibly all, of them, including this latest one, Treason).
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That being said, this biography didn't work for me on a few accounts.An exhaustively detailed biography of Stonewall Jackson, this book is impressive in its scholarship, depth, and the time taken to correct and sort out competing claims of previous biographers. I don't think the North would have won the Civil War if Jackson hadn't died, or at least have won it so quickly.Very good work. At this point, I’m sure you’re saying, After reading James I Robertson's biography of Stonewall Jackson, I am convinced that his death created such a hole in the command structure of the Army of Northern Virginia, there was no longer a cohesive army that could defeat the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, or subsequent battles in the Spring of 1864.

Enjoyable and very suitable for this time of year.I quite enjoyed this book although to be honest I don't think it's as good as Pilgrim. I admire him as a person (though some may disagree...) & believe that he one of the greatest men this country has seen. But it seems like a pretty big claim to make without eventually substantiating it. Dr. Robertson is known as the "preeminentOn May 2, 1863, the legendary Thomas J.

This very lengthy and very detailed biography of Gen. Jackson is not the type of book I would typically read.

A masterpiece.Source: Free copy from Zaffre , Bonnier Pubishing.

He is not accepting new patients and has not yet indicated that he accepts telehealth appointments. As in a Forsyth thriller, the orchestration of plot knots your stomach tighter with every page, luring you into the blind, fetid alleys of Jacobean London – thence, for instance, into the low light of a parlour where “the pinched and haggard faces seemed already to belong to the afterlife”... and, of course, down into the cellar beneath Parliament which “was too much like a tomb for comfort”.

And given the extent of the details provide about relatively mundane things, some pretty important stuff was left out.

I applaud the writer in bringing to life the period so brilliantly. I would have given it a 4.5 if I could.

I would definitely recommend this piece to anyone who is interested in this phenomenal man or anyone who hI was pleasantly surprised when I began reading this to discover that, thanks to the style in which the author writes, it was remarkably easy to understand what was being said & what was occurring!

I have often found histories of battles confusing, but these Civil War battles were not only clearly described, but were extremely exciting.