{"product_id":"2026600000167-secondhand-american-scoundrel-the-life-of-the-notorious-civil-war-general-dan-sickles","title":"American Scoundrel: The Life Of The Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: uncorrected proof copy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Small marking on rear panel, otherwise internallu sound. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping work of narrative biography, American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles chronicles the scandalous and larger-than-life career of one of nineteenth-century America's most controversial figures. Thomas Keneally presents the full arc of Sickles's extraordinary life — from his brazen political corruption and the sensational murder trial in which he shot his wife's lover in broad daylight near the White House, to his fateful and unauthorized battlefield maneuver at Gettysburg that cost him his leg and arguably altered the course of the Civil War. Written with the propulsive energy of a thriller, the narrative illustrates how Sickles repeatedly escaped ruin through sheer audacity, charm, and a breathtaking disregard for convention or consequence. Keneally argues, with wit and sharp moral clarity, that Sickles was not merely a rogue but a mirror held up to the ambitions, hypocrisies, and contradictions of Gilded Age America. The result is a richly detailed portrait of a man who was, by almost any measure, utterly impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810622353627,"sku":"2026600000167-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2d2cc157-6e0e-446e-ba3e-4e14224db221.png?v=1779806156","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000167-secondhand-american-scoundrel-the-life-of-the-notorious-civil-war-general-dan-sickles","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}