GENERAL PHILIP KEARNY THE MAGNIFICENT - 1815-1862 - FIRST EDITION

Description: KEARNY THE MAGNIFICENT THE STORY OF GENERAL PHILIP KEARNY 1815-1862 BY IRVING WERSTEIN FIRST EDITION FINE CONDITION FINE CONDITION DUST JACKET Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Frontispiece Illustration of Kearny on Horseback at the Battle of Williamsburg, 1962 Fully Indexed PUBLISHED BY THE JOHN DAY COMPANY IN 1962 OUT-OF-PRINT In all American military history there has not been another career like that of flamboyant, daring General Philip Kearny. This fearless and wealthy soldier of fortune, idolized by his troops, fought in five wars – on the western frontier of the United States, with the French Foreign Legion in Africa, the Mexican War, at Solferino in the conflict between France and Austria, and in the American Civil War. Kearny had inherited more than a million dollars before he was twenty-one, but instead of a life of ease and luxury, he chose to make the army his profession. Selected by president James Polk as one of three young officers to study tactics at the famous cavalry school in Saumur, France, Kearny joined the Chasseurs d’Afrique and helped them to put down an uprising in Algiers. In 1847, he led a daring cavalry charge against the Mexicans at Churubusco. The charged failed, and Kearny lost his left arm. Later in combat he rode at the head of his troops brandishing a sword with his remaining arm and holding the reins in his teeth. Lincoln, who appointed Kearny to command the 1st New Jersey Brigade in the Army of the Potomac, spoke of him as “my general.” When Kearny was killed at Chantilly, in Virginia, on September 1, 1862, General Winfield Scott called him “the bravest soldier I ever knew.” In Kearny the Magnificent, Irwing Werstein presents more than the story of a hero; he probes into the many facets and motives of an unusual and complex personality, one whose motto was “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is fitting and proper to die for one’s country.” THIS BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION This original, first edition book is in excellent condition. The book comes is a fine condition, clean, bright, original dust jacket. Out-of-Print. The book is sharp, bright and clean. The exterior has clear, sharp, spine lettering. The exterior has no bumping, rubbing or wear. The interior is clean and in fine condition. The pages don’t have a mark on them. There is no writing, smudging, foxing, stamps, pasteboard or other markings in the book. This is not an ex-library book. The binding is solid throughout the book. The book has a frontispiece illustration of Kearny. It is fully indexed. 248 pages. Uncommon book. An excellent condition, original, first edition book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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