The Devil Soldier The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China
by CARR, CALEBEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-04-11
Publisher(s): Random House
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Summary
A courageous leader who became the first American mandarin, Frederick Townsend Ward won crucial victories for the Emperor of China during the Taiping Rebellion, history's bloodiest civil war. Carr's skills as historian and storyteller come to the fore in this thrilling account of the kind of adventurer the world no longer sees. Photographs.
Author Biography
Caleb Carr is a contributing editor of <i>MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History</i> and the series editor of the Modern Library War Series. His military and political writings have appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, among them <i>The World Policy Journal</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, and <i>Time</i>. He currently lives in upstate New York.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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