Terry Alford

Jun 23, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Matthew Hulbert |Elizabeth Brown Pryor |Terry Alford |T.J. Stiles

It may seem a cliche to preface my Top Five articles with the disclaimer that the subject cannot possibly be done justice by so few recommendations. Then I cheat and add topical or geographical frameworks to make the selections manageable. Biography being perhaps more enormous than any other genre, it is a foregone conclusion that many, many truly outstanding books will be left off such a short list. Biographies that fall under the Civil War heading generally speaking run the full gamut.