A graduate of the University of Minnesota, William Andrew Swanberg worked as a journalist for newspapers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and as an editor for Dell Publishing. After serving in the Office of War Information during World War II, Swanberg worked as a freelance writer and an author of a number of scholarly biographies.
Well-written biography of a very colorful and politically involved General of the American Civil War. There are some really interesting historical facts presented that will surprise you if you have not read much of the American Civil War and the related politics of that era.