First With the Most: Nathan Bedford Forrest [Hardcover]

Robert Selph Henry (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Bdd Promotional Book Co; First Edition edition (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079245605X
• ISBN-13: 978-0792456056
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,825,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First with the Most biography, October 5, 2006

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Stratiotes Doxha Theon "2 Thes 2:15" (Richmond, Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First with the Most: Nathan Bedford Forrest (Hardcover)

Alright, I admit it, what first interested me in this particular version was the price. I found it on the discount rack at a bookstore and started reading that night. I found it difficult to put down and finished quickly. It was the first biography of Forrest I had read (some years ago) and I was pleasently surprised to find that he was not demonized but judged in the context of his time. Good biography should do just that - keep the person in the context of their time. Mr. Henry's volume may remain my favorite biography of this brilliant general. There are other good ones but it is always difficult to better your first love.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the best histories of Forrest, January 18, 2002

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Kip Perkins (Mt Juliet, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First With the Most: Nathan Bedford Forrest (The Civil War Library) (Hardcover)

This is the standard for Nathan Bedford Forrest history. One of the most brilliant generals of all time. This book really gets into his campaigns and life. Great book and must read for any Civil War history buff; especially one from Tennessee.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books on Forrest, November 2, 2007

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G. R. Pitts (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First With the Most: Nathan Bedford Forrest (Hardcover)

As a military historian, this is by far the best book I have ever seen on "Bedford" Forrest. My copy is a "1st edition", and although it might not have all the pretty pictures and maps that much of the new and younger generations like to see, it is informative and reaching, delving into the military operations of probably the finest cavalry commander in history.

The author really captures the essence of Forrest and his ability as a military commander. He tells it like it was, and how it happened, and when it was written, did not have to concern himself with being "politically correct".

I highly reccomend this book.

- Greg Pitts