Jeb Stuart

by John Thomason

1958 Konecky Konecky hardcover, John Thomason (Gone to Texas). Hardly any biography could contain the robust and romantic Jeb Stuart, but John W. Thomason Jr. goes as far as anyone ever has in pinning down the quality of the Confederate cavalry commander. Virginia-bred, James Ewell Brown Stuart graduated from West Point, where he was called “Beauty,” and rode with the Mounted Rifles against the Apaches and Comanches on the western frontier. - Amazon

Genres: Civil War, Biography, History

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1930

Reviews

[Mark Mortensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Author John W. Thomason Jr., himself a noted WWI USMC officer who fought on the front lines of France, has authored several books. As an accomplished artist he also used his own illustrations and sketches throughout the book. It is interesting to note that out of all the historical figures to write about, Thomason chose General Stuart, stating: "His type, the general charging with his sword out, in the front of battle, is gone from the world. His kind of war has given over to a drab affair of chemistry, propaganda, and mathematics. Never, anywhere, will there be his like again." Overall Thomason was very objective in telling the life story of J.E.B. Stuart.

[Lon Eriksson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Romantic and moving, you can't help but find yourself enamored by Stuart's affable manners and his undying confidence. Thomason combines battle reports, an intimate knowledge of the the Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania regions which comprised Stuart's civil war fighting activity, letters, first hand accounts, some legends, and his own affection-tinted interpretation of Stuart's career - a mere 55 years after his death.