Allen Roberts’s Reviews > Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman > Status Update
4 likes · Like flag
Allen’s Previous Updates
Allen Roberts
is 78% done
This book is so very looooooooooooong. Determined to finish it… eventually.
— Sep 25, 2023 08:34PM
Allen Roberts
is 58% done
This book is flipping looooong, like the war itself—I’ll get there eventually.
— Aug 30, 2023 07:22PM
Allen Roberts
is 53% done
Sherman’s armies are now knocking on Atlanta’s door…
— Aug 25, 2023 09:06AM
Comments Showing 1-5 of 5 (5 new)
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
Julio
(new)
Jul 07, 2023 03:00PM
Dear Allen: A military genius, and eccentric in all the right ways. (Both Union and Confederate officers called him mad.)
reply
|
flag
You’re right, Julio—Sherman’s reputation precedes him. But I must say, his memoirs don’t come across as those of a madman, so far anyway. I’ll report back again when I get further through the text (it’s 813 pages!!).
Thanks, Allen. I've always rated him above Grant, and admire him for not going into politics: "If nominated I will not run and if elected I will not serve". His brother who went into politics, author of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, was valuable to the republic.
I’ll let you know how Sherman’s memoirs turn out… I didn’t his brother was the Sherman behind the antitrust act! Talk about a law that ought to be enforced today—probably won’t happen in this plutocratic society, unfortunately.
You are right, Allen. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act remained mostly on paper until first Theodore and then Franklin Roosevelt became president, and alas, today corporations always find ways to get around anti-monopoly laws.
