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The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman Audiobook, by Brian Holden Reid Play Audiobook Sample

The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman Audiobook

The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman Audiobook, by Brian Holden Reid Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Paul Heitsch Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 16.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 12.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781705264522

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

37

Longest Chapter Length:

56:32 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

22:28 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

40:21 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

In The Scourge of War, preeminent military historian Brian Holden Reid offers a deeply researched life and times account of William Tecumseh Sherman. By examining his childhood and education, his business ventures in California, his antebellum leadership of a military college in Louisiana, and numerous career false starts, Holden Reid shows how unlikely his exceptional Civil War career would seem. He also demonstrates how crucial his family was to his professional path, particularly his wife's intervention during the war. He analyzes Sherman's development as a battlefield commander and especially his crucial friendships with Henry W. Halleck and Ulysses S. Grant. In doing so, he details how Sherman overcame both his weaknesses as a leader and severe depression to mature as a military strategist.

After the war, Sherman became a popular figure in the North and the founder of the school for officers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, known as the "intellectual center of the army." Holden Reid argues that Sherman was not hostile to the South throughout his life and only in later years gained a reputation as a villain who practiced barbaric destruction, particularly as the neo-Confederate Lost Cause grew and he published one of the first personal accounts of the war.

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About Paul Heitsch

After producing, directing, and engineering spoken word recordings for over twenty years, Paul Heitsch began narrating audiobooks in 2011, and has recorded many bestselling titles as both himself and under a pseudonym. A classically trained pianist, Paul is also a composer and sound designer, and is currently the director of music for the James Madison University School of Theatre and Dance, and an adjunct instructor for the JMU School of Music. He and his family live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia (although Chicago will always be his hometown).