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Sherman, son of a New Hampshire schoolmaster, came from a family of fighters; the Shermans, tracing their descent back to John and Priscilla Alden, fought with the colonists against the Dutch, went with Benedict Arnold to Quebec. A pleasant, neat man with an air of cool detachment, Forrest Sherman lacked the flamboyant quality that makes for a great leader of men. But he was a great planner, a great negotiator "You can't get good marks if you're popular," he once told his sister. He had few close friends, but his admirers were legion...
...ALDEN GIFFORD STEVENS JR. Hartford, Conn...
GENERAL CHARLES LEE (369 pp.)-John Richard Alden-Louisiana Sfafe Uni-verslfy Press...
...Exotic Taste. Rummaging in history's attic, the University of Nebraska's John Alden has dusted off the controversial figure of Lee in the first full-scale biography in 90 years. Though overly clotted with petty details, Biographer Alden's book goes far toward clearing Lee's name of the suspicion of treachery, plants him securely-if with dubious distinction-among "the fathers of the American Republic...
Biographer Alden acquits him on all three counts. Lee's defense, which Alden accepts: 1) the plan to destroy...