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If your knowledge of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest comes from mainstream pro-North history books, you've been deceived! For those who truly want to get to know the real man, award-winning Southern historian and Forrest scholar Lochlainn Seabrook has written ""Forrest! 99 Reasons To Love Nathan Bedford Forrest,"" his fifth book on the celebrated Rebel chieftain. Seabrook's 99 footnoted entries cover Forrest's entire life from youth to death, including important biographical aspects, his more notable characteristics, his best known battle tactics and strategies, and examples of some of his greatest personal achievements, antebellum, bellum, and postbellum. Discover why the General is admired around the world by people of all races, nationalities, religions, and political persuasions in this concise but informative work on one of America's most important historical figures. If you already love Forrest, pick up a copy and refresh your memory. If you know someone who doesn't, this book makes an excellent gift! An attractive, unique, affordable, and tourist-friendly work that will appeal to both Civil War buffs and historical educators alike, ""Forrest! 99 Reasons To Love Nathan Bedford Forrest"" is the perfect addition to any retail outlet, including not only bookstores, but Civil War sites, historic houses, museum gift stores, antique shops, B&Bs, tack shops, motorcycle shops, and gun stores. Lochlainn Seabrook, winner of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, is the sixth great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford and the author of over thirty popular adult and children's books. A seventh-generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage-who is known as the ""American Robert Graves"" after his celebrated English cousin-Seabrook is an unreconstructed Southern historian and poet with a thirty-year background in the War for Southern Independence and Confederate studies and biography. He is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the National Grange, and lives with his wife and family in historic Middle Tennessee, the heart of the Confederacy. Seabrook's other titles include: ""A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest""; ""Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!"" ; ""Honest Jeff and Dishonest Abe: A Southern Children's Guide to the Civil War,"" and ""Encyclopedia of the Battle of Franklin.""

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Straightforward, simple, well written, love it. An amazing book! If you're looking for just straight facts this is a wonderful book. It doesn't take any time at all to read. An amazing reference guide that destroys the lies surrounding General Forrest! - HANK CHARLESTON Excellent reading and information. - STEVEN POLO

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Neo-Victorian historian Lochlainn Seabrook, whose literary works range from astronomy to zoology, is one of the most prolific and popular writers in the world today. A descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, Edmund W. Rucker, and William Giles Harding, he is known by literary critics as the ""new Shelby Foote"" and the ""American Robert Graves,"" and by his fans as the ""Voice of the Traditional South."" The Sons of Confederate Veterans member is a Kentucky Colonel, a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, and the author and editor of nearly 100 scholarly books (currently). Described by his readers as ""game changers"" and ""life-altering,"" his voluminous writings have introduced hundreds of thousands to vital facts that have been left out of our mainstream books. A 7th generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage and the 6th great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, Col. Seabrook has a 45-year background in American and Southern history, and is the author of the international blockbuster ""Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!""

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