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Stonewall jacksons book of maxims by james robertson, jr. Stonewall jacksons book of maxims by james robertson jr. Thomas jackson was raised as an orphan in the mountains of west virginia, had less than a fourthgrade education when he entered west point and then catapulted himself as an elite strategisttactician and general of the civil war. He ranks today as among the halfdozen greatest soldiers that america has produced. As professor robertson notes in his introduction of stonewall jacksons book of maxims. Go search your store deals store gift cards sell help. Jacksons book of maxims, a collection of slogans and bits of wisdom he compiled as a young officer, reveals the kind of man jackson hoped to become before the country was split by the civil war. First edition of the standard biography of the confederate commander.
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