Nathan Bedford Forrest Jack Hurst

Jack hurst is a historian and former journalist who has written for newspapers including the chicago tribune philadelphia inquirer and nashville tennessean.

Nathan bedford forrest jack hurst. Jack hurst is the author of nathan bedford forrest. From hurst s book it is apparent that forrest was a fierce and controversial civil war officer an unschooled but brilliant cavalryman and an epic figure in america s most celebrated war. A biography by jack hurst amid the aristocratic ranks of the confederate cavalry nathan bedford forrest was untutored all but unlettered and regarded as no more than a guerrilla. Jack hurst is the author of nathan bedford forrest 4 04 avg rating 459 ratings 37 reviews published 1993 men of fire 3 54 avg rating 101 ratings.

It is a great book about a complicated man. Just finished reading nathan bedford forrest a biography by jack hurst. Readers wanting military history should pass over both recent biographies for edwin bearss s forrest at brice s cross roads 1991. But according to civil war historian shelby foote he is one of the two greatest geniuses the war produced the other being abraham lincoln more aug 05 2013 shelly rated it it was amazing.

He had virtually no education but became wealthy before the civil war. There was no question but that forrest was a bad ass. Nathan bedford forrest was born on july 13 1821 to a poor settler family in a secluded frontier cabin near chapel hill hamlet then part of bedford county tennessee but now encompassed in marshall county. Jack hurst has done a creditable job in his nathan bedford forrest.

Amid the aristocratic ranks of the confederate cavalry nathan bedford forrest was untutored all but unlettered and regarded as no more than a guerrilla. Forrest grew up poor.