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Nathan Bedford Forrest's critics have called him everything from a violent backwoodsman, illiterate redneck, and cruel slaver, to a crooked politician, unfaithful husband, and simple-minded hillbilly. However, traditional unreconstructed writers, like Southern historian and award-winning Tennessee author Lochlainn Seabrook, know that General Forrest was none of these things. In fact, he was quite the opposite, as is revealed in Seabrook's classic work: ""Nathan Bedford Forrest: Southern Hero, American Patriot."" As we learn in this enlightening little book, far from being an inhumane slave owner and trader, Forrest granted most of his servants their freedom even before Lincoln's War. Others he enlisted in his own command (half of dozen who served as his personal guards), then emancipated them in the fall of 1863 - the same year Lincoln issued his ""military measure,"" the fake and illegal Emancipation Proclamation (which freed no slaves in either the North or the South). Forrest never separated servant families, refused to sell to cruel slavers, and was even responsible for reuniting several divided black families. Unlike Lincoln - who throughout his life repeatedly blocked black civil rights and aggressively campaigned for American apartheid and the deportation of all blacks out of the U.S. - after the War Forrest happily hired back his original servants with full civil rights, then called for the South to repopulate herself with new African immigrants. Neither the founder or leader of the KKK as pro-North and New South historians disingenuously teach, Forrest closed the anti-Yankee organization down when it began to take on racist overtones. These and many other captivating facts are presented clearly and concisely by Seabrook, a cousin of Forrest, in this tourist-friendly, rousing defense of the Wizard of the Saddle, one of the greatest, most inspiring, beloved, romantic, complex, and intriguing figures in American history. Written for the general market, ""Nathan Bedford Forrest"" is the first of Seabrook's four books on the General, and is one of our top sellers. Lavishly illustrated and formatted in an easy-to-read style, at 120 pages this short inexpensive book is perfect for Civil War museum shops, historic homes, or any tourist hot spot. Makes a great gift as well. ""Nathan Bedford Forrest,"" based on Seabrook's more scholarly 822-page award-winning bestseller, ""A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest,"" includes 134 footnotes, a bibliography, and an index. Foreword is by bestselling author James Ronald Kennedy (""The South Was Right!""). Lochlainn Seabrook, winner of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, is the author of over thirty popular adult and children's books, including: ""The Quotable Nathan Bedford Forrest""; ""Give 'Em Hell Boys! The Complete Military Correspondence 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""; ""Lincolnology: The Real Abraham Lincoln Revealed in His Own Words""; ""The Quotable Robert E. Lee""; ""The Old Rebel: Robert E. Lee As He Was Seen By His Contemporaries""; ""Abraham Lincoln: The Southern View""; ""The McGavocks of Carnton Plantation: A Southern History""; ""The Unquotable Abraham Lincoln: The President's Quotes They Don't Want You to Know!"" ;""The Quotable Jefferson Davis""; ""Encyclopedia of the Battle of Franklin""; ""Carnton Plantation Ghost Stories: True Tales of the Unexplained From Tennessee's Most Haunted Civil War House!""; and ""The Caudills: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study.""

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For Southern readers who have not read Seabrook's definitive biography of Forrest, 'A Rebel Born, ' this small book will provide all the facts one needs to know about a revered Confederate hero. - CONFEDERATE VETERAN

AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS - EXCELLENT ACCOUNT OF ONE OF OUR NATION'S GREATEST MILITARY LEADERS Excellent account of one of our nations greatest military leaders. Factual historical account of those men, that is the CSA, who were fighting to restore the Constitution. - PETER R. FESSLERON Just got done reading Nathan Bedford Forrest: Southern Hero, American Patriot, and loved it. - MIKE (Franklin, Tennessee) REVIEW FROM CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE, November/December 2010: Lochlainn Seabrook is a cousin of Nathan Bedford Forrest and author of A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest. The slender volume being reviewed, Nathan Bedford Forrest: Southern Hero, American Patriot, is a companion piece to this much longer work, and the four parts each summarize and defend principles espoused by Forrest. 'Forrest Antebellum' covers his beginnings, adulthood, and rapid financial success in business. 'Forrest and Lincoln's War' deals with his service to the Confederacy and his stance on freeing his slaves long before Lincoln took any action. 'Forrest Postbellum' describes his life under Reconstruction, the rise and success of the KKK, and his last days. 'Forrest in Brief' portrays him as a Rebel hero, archetypal military man, and born-again Christian. Author Seabrook has included several interesting photographs and an extensive bibliography. For Southern readers who have not read Seabrook's definitive biography of Forrest, A Rebel Born, this small book will provide all the facts one needs to know about a revered Confederate hero. - ANN RIVES ZAPPA Very good book, and it describes a different man than what most court historians have. - BULL TOM FARTHING AMAZON REVIEW - FORREST, THE GREATEST WARRIOR HERO OF LINCOLN'S WAR Effective treatment of the much maligned Confederate hero. - P. SCHELKER AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: Good stuff. - MICHAEL G. AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: Excellent!!! - DONALD BRAUCHION Got this book for Christmas. It's quite good. - ALEX GALLIMORE AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS - A MUST FOR HISTORIANS Solid look at the misconceptions of one of the greatest wartime/peacetime leaders of our country. Mr. Seabrook does a fine job of boiling the misunderstandings down to concise information. - LESLIE SUTHERLAND AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: A good book. - N. BROOKS

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Neo-Victorian scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, whose literary works range from astronomy to zoology, is one of the most prolific and popular writer-historians 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 currently the author and editor of 100 educationally enlightening books. 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!"" For more information or to purchase Colonel Seabrook's books, visit our Webstore: www.SeaRavenPress.com

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