Had Henry Hopkins Sibley and his troops succeeded in taking New Mexico, author Jerry Thompson argues, the entire history of the Southern Confederacy might have been radically altered. In Confederate General of the West, Thompson portrays the life and career of a soldier whose character flaws and leadership weaknesses stood in stark contrast to his sometime military successes and mechanical ingenuity. Civil War scholars, students, and enthusiasts will welcome this new paperback edition of Sibley's biography. As the Utah Historical Quarterly noted after the book first appeared in 1987, Jerry...
Had Henry Hopkins Sibley and his troops succeeded in taking New Mexico, author Jerry Thompson argues, the entire history of the Southern Confederacy m...
"Wonderfully, in Akashic's Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir character--they die brutally. Kudos to the editors, Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller, for getting Oakland right. All those outsize statistics don't reveal a real city, but this collection of local voices--both established and new--brings it thrumming to life. . .Readers who know the city will relish its sense of place, and those who only know the stereotypes will be in for a pleasing eye-opener." --San Francisco Chronicle
"From the Oakland hills to the heart of...
"Wonderfully, in Akashic's Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir character--they die brutally. Kudo...
