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I heartily endorse this forthcoming book by my good friend Al Ovies--the first in a trilogy of a groundbreaking study focusing on the contentious relationship between George A. Custer and Wesley Merritt. I've read every word of this grand undertaking, and can confirm without qualification that it is some fine work: well-written, thoroughly researched, and entertaining. This is one you cannot miss. --Eric J. Wittenberg, award-winning author of 'The Devil's to Pay': John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour The Boy Generals offers a compelling dual biography of two remarkable officers who facilitated the rise of the Union cavalry to tactical dominance in the second half of the Civil War. Equally ambitious, brave, and able, Wesley Merritt and George Armstrong Custer embodied different approaches to leadership and combat. Adolfo Ovies's gift for poetic prose, combined with his commitment to exhaustive research, has resulted in a book that is both riveting and illuminating. --Gregory J. W. Urwin, author of Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer The Boy Generals is a grand effort and falls into that rare category of a 'Must Read.' It will be a standard bearer; a marvelous book that should remain among the very best. In fact, without even seeing the other volumes, this one has achieved that goal already, lofty and heady as it may seem. It will certainly grace my library. --Frederic C. Wagner III, author of The Strategy of Defeat at the Little Big Horn

I heartily endorse this forthcoming book by my good friend Al Ovies--the first in a trilogy of a groundbreaking study focusing on the contentious relationship between George A. Custer and Wesley Merritt. I've read every word of this grand undertaking, and can confirm without qualification that it is some fine work: well-written, thoroughly researched, and entertaining. This is one you cannot miss. --Eric J. Wittenberg, award-winning author of 'The Devil's to Pay': John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour Ovies scholarship is excellent. He uses multiple primary sources, including multiple manuscripts and official government documents. He expertly weaves these sources into a compelling story that shows the changing nature of the men's relationship. -- Collected Miscellany The Boy Generals offers a compelling dual biography of two remarkable officers who facilitated the rise of the Union cavalry to tactical dominance in the second half of the Civil War. Equally ambitious, brave, and able, Wesley Merritt and George Armstrong Custer embodied different approaches to leadership and combat. Adolfo Ovies's gift for poetic prose, combined with his commitment to exhaustive research, has resulted in a book that is both riveting and illuminating. --Gregory J. W. Urwin, author of Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer The Boy Generals is a grand effort and falls into that rare category of a 'Must Read.' It will be a standard bearer; a marvelous book that should remain among the very best. In fact, without even seeing the other volumes, this one has achieved that goal already, lofty and heady as it may seem. It will certainly grace my library. --Frederic C. Wagner III, author of The Strategy of Defeat at the Little Big Horn

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Adolfo Ovies migrated to the United States from Cuba in June of 1960 and made his new home with his grandmother in Connecticut. He immersed himself in New England Yankee culture, flourished as a young historian while attending Fairfield Jesuit Prep School, and became intrigued with the American Civil War. His studies and career hop-scotched him throughout the eastern half of the United States.

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