John Hoyt Williams

Very interesting book, but could have used some fact checking. A few obvious mistakes, such as the dates Confederate states seceded from the Union. Mistakes such as that lower one's confidence in other facts.

All in all, though, interesting book. The author seemed to be a bit more proslavery than I would have liked. Thus, four stars.

I decided I am done with this one. Some stuff in here I didn't know - like that he was friends with my Cherokee ancestors. Cool! And some interesting stuff about the Republic of Texas and the whole process to get Texas admitted to the Union. But it was getting a little tedious to read.