Unlikely General: Mad Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America

by Mary Stockwell

Book Overview

Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolution become its most scandalous general?

In the spring of 1792, President George Washington chose "Mad" Anthony Wayne to defend America from a potentially devastating threat. Native forces had decimated the standing army and Washington needed a champion to open the country stretching from the Ohio River westward to the headwaters of the Mississippi for settlement.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300251874
• ISBN13: 9780300251876
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"