Moving along on new Hooker bio

[LibertyAndUnion]

Hello, all. In February, Stackpole is scheduled to release my third Civil War book, Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War. My fourth book currently has the tentative title A Dangerous Man: Major General Joseph Hooker and the Civil War. I've really enjoyed the research (including the 18 boxes of Fighting Joe's papers in California) and early writing. I've moved along at a faster pace than expected. I've just completed the draft of Chapter 5, "Peopled With Corpses," about Antietam. I'm not totally down on Hooker, but I took the title from Grant's summary of the cantankerous subordinate. It will be more critical than Hebert's in 1944, the last new published life to death bio of Hooker.

 

[jackt62]

About time we had a new biography of Hooker. Looking forward to your new effort.

 

[Cavalier]

@LibertyAndUnion Good on you. Looking forward to reading it.

John

 

[Bryce]

Hello, all. In February, Stackpole is scheduled to release my third Civil War book, Thunderbolt to the Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War. My fourth book currently has the tentative title A Dangerous Man: Major General Joseph Hooker and the Civil War. I've really enjoyed the research (including the 18 boxes of Fighting Joe's papers in California) and early writing. I've moved along at a faster pace than expected. I've just completed the draft of Chapter 5, "Peopled With Corpses," about Antietam. I'm not totally down on Hooker, but I took the title from Grant's summary of the cantankerous subordinate. It will be more critical than Hebert's in 1944, the last new published life to death bio of Hooker.

Let me help you with your hooker research. Have you ever heard of the Ezra Karmin papers? Carmen served with hooker during the Atlanta campaign. He was part of the 20th core that was sent to Chattanooga. He has some good stuff on the campaign. By the way, hooker was his hero