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...BURNING MAN (428 pp.)-Stephen Longstreet-Random House...
...wouldn't disobey commands," says a lesser general. "That's true, sir. But he might refuse requests," replies another. With the expert advice of Bruce Catton and Drama Critic Walter Kerr, Director Delbert (Marty) Mann and Author Sapinsley underscored the theme bluntly, as in peevish Longstreet's mockery: "Lee says: 'I'd be much obliged if you could see your way clear...
Major General Dan Sickles may or may not have won the Battle of Gettysburg (he thought he did), but he was an American who lived as if he never cared where his next square melee was coming from. On one leg (he lost his right leg to one of Longstreet's cannonballs on the second day of the battle), he lived more than most men could a) on two legs and b) in two lifetimes...
...LONGSTREET...
...Reader Longstreet (a lineal descendant of Confederate Hero General James Longstreet) is right. His old mess sergeant was the descendant of Andrew Jackson Jr., who was adopted at birth by Old Hickory and his wife Rachel...