Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldier S Life

" . . . detailed, well-written and thoroughly documented." --The Journal of Military History

" . . . comprehensive, well-written, and thoroughly researched . . . " --Booklist

" . . . the definitive work on the life of Winfield Scott Hancock . . . " --Blue and Gray

"At last we have a complete life of [Hancock], and it, too, is superb." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Jordan's careful attention to detail and excellent use of sources highlight a lively writing style to make a highly readable book." --America's Civil War

"Jordan's study of Hancock is an important contribution to both military and political history." --Journal of Southern History

DAVID M. JORDAN is a practicing attorney and author of A Tiger in His Time: Hal Newhouser and the Burden of Wartime Ball and Roscoe Conkling of New York: Voice in the Senate, considered the definitive biography of that major figure of the post-Civil War era. Jordan has also appeared on the Arts & Entertainment Network's Civil War Journal in a program about Winfield Scott Hancock.