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An Audacious Myth: The Personal Memoirs of Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles is a fictional first-person account of the real-life Civil War Union General Dan Sickles and his controversial actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. An Audacious Myth chronicles Sickles's rise from a self-centered operative of New York's infamous Tammany Hall to the rank of Major General. His scandal-ridden life included owning a brothel with his lover Fanny White, marrying the teen daughter of his best friends, and gunning down his wife's lover in front of the White House. He was the first American to be found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. Sickles's time after the war was devoted to creating a narrative that put him at the center of heroics at Gettysburg. His efforts won him the Medal of Honor thirty-five years after the battle. Did he save the Union and deserve the medal? Was there a twisted divine intervention that guided him at Gettysburg? We view the man through his own eyes and decide for ourselves.

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Bill Sutton is a practicing architect in the Washington, D.C. region. Originally from Traverse City, Michigan, he has been fascinated by the Civil War from his earliest memories, especially the Battle of Gettysburg. He visits the Gettysburg National Battlefield Park several times each year and explores it on his bicycle. An Audacious Myth: The Personal Memoirs of Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles is Bills first novel. He previously wrote memoirs about his early years in northern Michigan where his family owned and operated the local ski hill, Holiday Hills, and his experiences working with the politically motivated citizens of Washington, D.C.

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