General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend
- ISBN-10
- 0807854271
- ISBN-13
- 9780807854273
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-08-01
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Lesley J. Gordon
Description
A critical biography of the best known and least accurately understood Civil War general, including the legends perpetrated by his widow, LaSalle Corbell Pickett.
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