Forrest NBF "Authorized Biography"??

[nextcity]

I have been listening to the audiobook versions of the Jack Hurst books Born to Battle: Grant and Forrest and Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography. In both, the author repeatedly refers to "the authorized biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest."

I am guessing the printed books contain footnotes to this book (which I don't get with the audiobooks).

I quick internet search and I found Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1908 [c1899) by John A. Wteth. Can anyone tell me if the is the "authorized biography" that Mr. Hurst is referring too (and if not, what is)?

Thanks

 

[diane]

I'm pretty sure you mean Jack Hurst! The 'authorized biography' referred to is The Campaigns of Lieut. Gen. N. B. Forrest and Forrest's Cavalry by Gen Thomas Jordan and J P Pryor, published in 1868. This was the only book read and edited by Forrest himself and is therefore 'authorized'.

 

[nextcity]

I'm pretty sure you mean Jack Hurst! The 'authorized biography' referred to is The Campaigns of Lieut. Gen. N. B. Forrest and Forrest's Cavalry by Gen Thomas Jordan and J P Pryor, published in 1868. This was the only book read and edited by Forrest himself and is therefore 'authorized'.

I can't stop laughing. How did I make that mistake (which I did correct above). Thanks for the answer to my question.

I did find this 19th century cartoon depicting Jack Frost as a United States Major General during the American Civil War. Seems there is a connection to the ACW in nearly everything.

 

[DixieRifles]

Now that is an odd sketch.