Grant The Soldier
Yankee General Revived
In Short, Colorful Volume
By LARRY JERDEN
Battalion Associate Editor
GRANT, The Soldier. By
Thomas M. Pitkin. Acropolis
Books. $4.50.
The most complimentary com
ment that can be uttered in be
half of this 88-page volume is
that it makes the general, and his
times, come alive for the reader
to a degree rarely achieved in
books about historical figures.
The first and last chapters of
this work are excerpts from
Grant’s memoirs, while the re
mainder is composed of letters
written to and from him during
the war and after, giving first
hand accounts of both the action
of the war and the signing of the
peace.
Not all the selections printed
are of great moments in his life.
There are such incidents as his
humiliation the day he first
donned an Army uniform, the
evening a soldier brought him a
message in his command tent,
only to find him crawling around
on the floor with his children, and
how he came to be a cigar smoker.
The biggest fault in this attrac
tively-done work is its utter lack
of objectivity. Underlying the
author’s introduction to each
chapter is an apparent sub
conscious effort to defend the
general against his critics during
and after the war. When a fault
is discussed, it is mentioned that
certain charges were made
against him, then letters are
printed at length swearing to his
innocence, usually adding that he
was really a fine family man who
never took a drink, or something
to that effect.
If what not is related between
the covers of this volume shows
a bias, it is most clearly illus
trated by the lack of mention of
the scandals surrounding this
colorful figure. What does shine
through is the style of writing
peculiar to the mid-1800’s. Some
how, through all the blood and
butchering of war, there seemed
to shine a nobility, a respect for
man that in our high-paced time
of lightning conflict, has utterly
vanished.
The book is effectively illus
trated with photographs from the
N ational Archives, woodprints,
and sketches from the pads of
contemporary artists. It is an
easily read volume, with an at
tractive layout that helps cut
reading time down to a couple of
hours at the most.
In short, an enjoyable way to
gain an only slightly slanted in
sight into one of the greatest
Yankee generals of the Civil
War.
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The Society Of Man
Dual Philosophy Employed
In International Relations
THE SOCIETY OF MAN. By
Louis J. Halle. Harper. $4.95.
Halle has a remarkable gift for
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The Invisible Scar
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THE INVISIBLE SCAR. By
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Miss Bird’s book is about the
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