Memoirs of General William T. Sherman

De: William T. Sherman

Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot

First published in 1875, General William T. Sherman's memoir was one of the first from the Civil War and was offered to the public because, as Sherman wrote in his dedication, "no satisfactory history" of the war was yet available.

Although Memoirs has been revised and corrected many times over the years, Sherman famously never changed the original text of his recollections. He was not a historian, he said, and said that "any witness who may disagree with me should publish his own version of [the] facts...."

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thank you W T Sherman

liked the book. I had a hard time with the reader. easy voice to listen to but doesn't pass for the once crazed Ohio General. He seems more appropriate for PBS news hour.

Narrator was almost there

With any audio book, you are at the mercy of the narrator, and this book is particularly lengthy. Fortunately Bronson Pinchot has a pleasant voice, and command of both Spanish and French pronunciation as a bonus. The Achilles heel is his rendering of all the Southern towns and rivers that Sherman marched past. If you can forgive that, it's well done otherwise.

Interesting

This was interesting. There were some letters in it that I liked. A lot of this (regarding the war) stands in complete contrast to other historical information. There are a number of things about his life that I was unaware of. I found this book interesting and charming in a myriad of ways.

A must read for the history buff – exceptional.

Incredibly well done and well written-I don’t normally listen to memoirs but this one was really something else. The performance was great as well-the pace of the voice and the softness of the voice was really well suited for the material.

My favorite civil war book evet

I am a twenty-year audio book junkie and a US Civil War nerd. I spend the equivalent of about thirty 24-hour days per year listening to books and the civil war probably accounts for 40-50% of my listening. I think this may be my favorite civil war book of all. Sherman’s first-person, straight forward, unpretentious style is very appealing. But the outstanding feature of this book is the frequent and substantive inclusion of source documents – the texts of actual letters, telegrams, military orders and instructions, battle and campaign reports, newspaper articles, etc. They bring history into the realm of real life. The book also abounds with Sherman’s insights (mostly generous) into many of the great personages of the war on both sides.