Fierce Patriot

Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert L. O’Connell
Hardcover; 432 pages
Random House (2014)

In Fierce Patriot, author Robert L. O’Connell attempts to untangle the complex character of William T. Sherman by organizing the book into three distinct sections covering different aspects of the general’s personal and professional life.  Although this unconventional structure results in the repetitive coverage of some events, the narrative otherwise provides an interesting account of Sherman’s life before, during, and after the Civil War.