Title: Lost Cause Biography
Product review: The first major book written about General Longstreet, it is an adequate read, but A.J. Eckenrode's bias against Longstreet is pretty strong and not particularly objective at this stage of the game. The author was definitely influenced by the anti-Longstreet writings of the time. More objective biographies and other books on Longstreet have been written in recent decades, with more research to boot. I found some of the explanations of the complex battles wanting. If you have a good working knowledge of the big battles you will find things missing in this book with a few of confusing narratives. Unless you are one to own every book on a particular figure in the war, this one is not a must.
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