9780300214758-0300214758-Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

ISBN-13: 9780300214758
ISBN-10: 0300214758
Edition: First Edition
Author: Mary Stockwell
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover 376 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780300214758
ISBN-10: 0300214758
Edition: First Edition
Author: Mary Stockwell
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover 376 pages

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Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America (ISBN-13: 9780300214758 and ISBN-10: 0300214758), written by authors Mary Stockwell, was published by Yale University Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other United States (Historical, Native American, Americas History, Revolution & Founding, United States History, State & Local, United States, Military History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Unlikely General: "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.55.

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Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolution become its most scandalous general?

In the spring of 1792, President George Washington chose “Mad” Anthony Wayne to defend America from a potentially devastating threat. Native forces had decimated the standing army and Washington needed a champion to open the country stretching from the Ohio River westward to the headwaters of the Mississippi for settlement.

A spendthrift, womanizer, and heavy drinker who had just been ejected from Congress for voter fraud, Wayne was an unlikely savior. Yet this disreputable man raised a new army and, in 1794, scored a decisive victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, successfully preserving his country and President Washington’s legacy. Drawing from Wayne’s insightful and eloquently written letters, historian Mary Stockwell sheds light on this fascinating and underappreciated figure. Her compelling work pays long‑overdue tribute to a man—ravaged physically and emotionally by his years of military service—who fought to defend the nascent American experiment at a critical moment in history.
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