Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor
by Russell S. Bonds
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Author: Russell S. BondsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-15
ISBN: 1594160783
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
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Book Review: Action thriller history at it's best
Summary: 5 Stars
The Stealing of the General is not some stodgy, boring history book. Historical yes, but a very well written book that could easily be read as a novel or action thriller. It has all the accurate and detailed historical facts woven together in a fast paced, page turner fashion. There is the train chase of course, bridge burnings, captures, escapes, trials, hangings, and finally the presentation of the very first Medals of Honor. As a somewhat distant relative of the Confederate hero, conductor W.A. Fuller (my great grandfather Judge Fuller was
William A.'s brother) I never knew all the amazing details of the chase. This book brings alive the life of my relative and let's me live in this time period for a while.
Russell S. Bonds has done an incredible amount of detailed research on this book not only on all that occurred before, during, and after the chase itself but also in the current events that shaped the whole story. The book stays true to the mainline story though leaving you no doubt of the bravery on both sides and what the raiders had to endure afterwards.
You will take away from this book a much better knowledge of the Civil War era and some of the back drops of one of the most famous of the myriad of stories the war produced. An excellent read!
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