Life of Turner Ashby explained
Life of Turner Ashby is a 1914 non-fiction book by Thomas Ashby about Confederate general Turner Ashby, who was killed in the Battle of Good's Farm.
Overview
Thomas Ashby was a relative of Turner Ashby and wrote extremely positively of him in the book. The book took Ashby several years to research and write.[1]
Publication history
Life of Turner Ashby was published in 1914 by the Neale Publishing Company. The initial publication was 275 pages long.[2]
Reception
Ashby's book was well-received in the popular press. The Chattanooga News published a positive review, while The Daily Arkansas Gazette praised Ashby's prose.[3] [4] The Des Moines Register described the biography as being "sympathetically and carefully written."[5] A review published in The Baltimore Sun positively described Ashby's research and prose.[6] Positive reviews were also published in The Boston Globe, The Journal and Tribune, and the Omaha World-Herald.[7] [8] [9] Confederate organizations similarly praised the book, with Confederate Veteran publishing a positive review.[10]
External links
Notes and References
- News: 1915-01-08 . Life of Turner Ashby . 14 . Los Angeles Evening Express . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- Book: Krick, Robert T. . Neale Books: An Annotated Bibliography . Morningside Press . 1977 . 4.
- News: Brown . Frances Fort . 1915-01-30 . Reviews of Late Books . 5 . The Chattanooga News . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Wright . T.A. . 1915-03-03 . Life of a Gallant Confederate . 6 . Daily Arkansas Gazette . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1915-02-06 . Miscellaneous Books . 6 . The Des Moines Register . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1915-04-03 . One of the New Books . 8 . . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1914-07-04 . Southerner on Civil War . 3 . . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1915-08-22 . Life of Turner Ashby . 26 . The Journal and Tribune . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- News: 1915-02-28 . Among the new Books & Magazines . 45 . . 2023-06-17 . Newspapers.com.
- M'Neilly . James H. . 1915 . Some New Books . Confederate Veteran . 23 . 187.
