Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life

by Elizabeth D. Leonard

Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from childhood destitution to wealth and profound influence in state and national halls of power. Prize-winning biographer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469668041
• ISBN13: 9781469668048
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"