And Keep Moving On is the first book to see the Virginia campaign of spring 1864 as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee saw it: a single; massive operation stretching hundreds of miles. The story of the campaign is also the story of the demise of two great armies. The scale of casualties and human suffering that the campaign inflicted makes it unique in U.S. history. Mark Grimsley's study; however; is not just another battle book. Grimsley places the campaign in the political context of the 1864 presidential election; appraises the motivation of soldiers; appreciates the impact of the North’s sea power advantage; questions conventional interpretations; and examines the interconnections among the major battles; subsidiary offensives; and raids.
#144494 in Books David Whitford 2013-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.49 x .58 x 5.62l; .65 #File Name: 0803248857240 pagesA Payroll to Meet
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A rollercoaster of events; enjoyable look at the glory days and the mighty fallBy KennyAs a resident of the Dallas/Fort Worth area; I know plenty about SMU as an academic institution; as well as met many friends of mine who are SMU alums. However; I never knew how great the SMU Football program was back in the 80s. After watching Pony Express on 30 for 30; the wheels were set in motion to find something; anything; that was written about that time of football in this area. Whitford's book truly painted a picture of "The Wild; Wild West" in the way money and other perks were all over the horizon and luring kids to SMU. Granted; other schools do it; so this is no indictment on what SMU did. It is fun watching SMU football now in the sense that the effort and the results of hard work are coming to the surface. That may be tough for some people to understand; but one only has to do their homework of where SMU came from to understand where they are today.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent; excellent detail of the scandal @ SMUBy James Thomas ReamsBeing a young person and football lover in the early 80's; I was drawn into the glamour and excitement of the Pony Express. At a time when I was too young to understand why the 'death penalty' happened this book opened the door to the whole ball of wax. Terrific read! Also; if you think any of this could not or does not happen today in big time college athletics; I've got news for you...0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fairly good account of the infamous scandalBy Patrick L. RandallAnyone who watched college football in the 80's; or watched the ESPN '30 for 30' episode "Pony Excess"; is familiar with the scandal at Southern Methodist University (SMU) Mustangs football team was found guilty of repeatedly engaging in pay-for-play schemes in flagrant violation of NCAA rules. The end result was that the one-time Southwest Conference powerhouse had its football team shutdown for two years (the so-called 'Death Penalty').David Whitford's book "A Payroll to Meet" provides a good chronicle of that scandal; as well as a hefty portion of the source material used by ESPN. In Whitford's book; you get all the feel of the runaway train power of the boosters who threw money around without a care in the world in trying to bring a National Championship to Dallas. You also get the understanding of the hornet's nest SMU found itself in being in the middle of the of highly competitive newspaper city of Dallas; and the double-standard of how SMU got nailed for the same scams all SWC schools were running.What I definitely found interesting in Whitford's book is how overwhelmed the administration; especially the Athletic Director and school President; seemed it trying to bring this scandal under control. While you knew they where contending with powerful boosters and enablish board members (including Texas Governor; Bill Clements); you got the sense of just how debilitating it was for these men to try and deal with a problem that they had absolutely zero power to do anything about. Their struggle is only hinted at in the ESPN documentary; but Whitford drives it home in his narrative.
