Soldier or vicious killer? Examine history to decide. As a very young man bent on revenge after his sister's rape and murder; John P. Gatewood deserts the Confederate forces and returns to his Tennessee home. There he joins a group of Confederate bushwhackers and; as the "Red Headed Beast of Georgia; " carries out a bloody rampage of strikes against Union sympathizers; both military and civilian alike. This closely researched study tells his story from boyhood to the postwar years and his attempt to adapt to civilian life. A fascinating read for any history buff!
#743571 in Books Simon Schuster 2014-01-14 2014-01-14Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.37 x .70 x 5.50l; .47 #File Name: 1451610157256 pagesSimon Schuster
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Luck o' the IrishBy CegarFlying back to the United States from Dublin in October 2014; I finished reading the book "All Standing" by Katherine Miles. The author sets the stage and background for the Irish immigration in the mid-1800s. Interestingly; the book starts out in Fergus Falls; Minnesota - "close to home".As we flew; I reflected: -Delta leaving Dublin and arriving 8 ½ hours later in Atlanta. (seven hours crossing the Atlantic) two meals on the plane. -The average "famine ship"... 3 ½ months after leaving Tralee; 50% of passengers have died and been jettisoned. The rest are ambulatory; maybe a dozen able to walk off the ship.I was led to the book by a chance encounter in Dublin. Walking through St. Stephen's Green; we edged into a group on tour being lectured to. (Caught our attention so much we ended up giving the leader a tip) we started listening when gathered around a statue of the men on horseback depicting the 1700s - when "Ireland was flush".Fifty yards away was a group of statues depicting famine 100 years later. The next day I walked down to the river Liffey where a replica "Jeannie Johnson" ship is moored as a museum. Unfortunately; she was in drydock undergoing maintenance. I did witness the famine sculpture remembrance on the bank of the river. Haunting.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. While the Captain and crew provided better care for passengers than did most "famine ships"By Lita LynnThis is a remarable book providing an indepth look at how one ship provided transportation for the Irish victems of the famine from Ireland to the American continent. While the Captain and crew provided better care for passengers than did most "famine ships"; it clearly relates how difficult and; in many cases; horrendous was the struggle for the Irish to survive. The Irish endured a number of terrible years in Ireland as well as many years of hardship and prejudice in the United States and Canada. The author follows a number of families after their arrival on one or another of the ships sailings thus providing a very real picture of their struggles. If the reader has a single Irish ancestor and some 50 million of us do; the book will provide an easy and fascinating read as well as an indepth understanding of what our ancestors went through and how fotunate we of later generations are that they had the tenacity to keep working toward success despite the terrible challenges they faced. A short book and worth the time to read3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A fresh look at an often told tragedyBy AndreaKathryn Miles' All Standing takes us along on the perilous Atlantic journey undertaken by 1 million desperate Irish emigrants in the midst of what has become known simply as "the Famine"; (as if there had been only one). Although the story of the famine is one most Americans are familiar with; since it was the impetus of so many of our ancestors; All Standing: The True Story of Hunger; Rebellion; and Survival brought to life parts of the story I'd never heard before. The Jeannie Johnston was one of the many famine ships that came to be known as coffin ships; due to the high incidence of deaths that occurred among the "huddled masses" in steerage. However; passengers aboard the Jeannie Johnston had the miraculous good fortune of voyaging on the one ship that could boast no moralities on board; in all of her many journeys to ports in Canada. The "miracle" was not the result of dumb luck or divine intervention; but of a combination of a well-planned design by a master shipbuilder in Quebec; the rigid habits of a meticulous captain; and the exceptional medical care of a doctor who somehow kept cholera at bay in horrible conditions at sea. Miles' breathes life into this often told story by taking the reader from the to the shipyards of Quebec and the quarantine hospital on Grosse Isle to the halls of Parliament in England; where English nobility decided the fate of millions of Irish sufferers through their control of the economy. At times the narrative read like a novel. The stories of the passengers didn't end when they reached North America. We learn of their fates as they struggle in logging camps in Canada; or migrate to the United States to be met with signs warning them "Irish need not apply". This story of the unlikely resilience of an entire people against nature; centuries of tyranny; and genocide is one that should be told again and again; and Kathryn Miles does it very well.
