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In the spirit of a thread awhile back that took off with a great discussion (https://civilwartalk.com/threads/who-thinks-a-forrest-mini-series-would-be-awesome.166307/) I've had a thought...
Wouldn't the life of Dan Sickles make a very great mini-series?
Came from nothing, opened a law practiced before he passed the bar, had a penchant for "soiled doves" (even after he got married), rose through Tammany Hall and NY Democrat politics like a rocket only to fall even faster after killing his wife's lover which had the first temporary insanity plea, (Edwin Stanton was his lawyer), recruited a brigade from scratch and fought to get his General's star, and on and on.
His famous stand ( I say screw up) at Gettysburg doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the nutcase's life. I think a mini-series of the "Yankee King of Spain's" life would be an entertaining watch. Sure it'd be a picture into the worst of America at the time (Can we really say he was great guy? I mean come on...) but I reckon it'd make for a good watch.
What do y'all think?
Wouldn't the life of Dan Sickles make a very great mini-series?
Came from nothing, opened a law practiced before he passed the bar, had a penchant for "soiled doves" (even after he got married), rose through Tammany Hall and NY Democrat politics like a rocket only to fall even faster after killing his wife's lover which had the first temporary insanity plea, (Edwin Stanton was his lawyer), recruited a brigade from scratch and fought to get his General's star, and on and on.
His famous stand ( I say screw up) at Gettysburg doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the nutcase's life. I think a mini-series of the "Yankee King of Spain's" life would be an entertaining watch. Sure it'd be a picture into the worst of America at the time (Can we really say he was great guy? I mean come on...) but I reckon it'd make for a good watch.
What do y'all think?