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Forgotten Patriot: The Life & Times of Major-General Nathanael Greene

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Sorry, but this is a travesty. Despite the author's good intentions, the book is practically unreadable. The constant errors in grammar and punctuation are overwhelming. Sentences without verbs (like this one)! I guess we'll have to wait until the new bio of Greene comes out in early 2005. I hope (and suspect) that the new bio is as good as Greene deserves!
Edit/Update: Having read the Golway, it really didn't deliver either. It's not tortuous to read but, as noted by another reviewer, Anderson's has more depth. I'm really sorry it's so hard to read.

This is by far a more comprehensive book then the recently published work on Nathanael Greene. There's more to Greene than the battles he fought and the letters he wrote. Anderson's book is obviously a work of love and compassion for the man and not just a general under the command of Washington. In Greene's time he was an icon, but today he is all but forgotten in the annals of history. Anderson's book delves into the complicated mind of Nathanael Greene and not the events surrounding him. Yes, the author could have found a better editor, but in no way does it distract from the honesty with which this book was written. This is the true, modern Greene biography