James McBride Quotes
When you glorify violence, then it comes back to bite you.
McBride, James. Interview. The Los Angeles Times, 2008.
Sherman, one of the most gifted generals of the Civil War. He hated the cruelty of war and the Civil War in particular as he had specifically warned his Southern friends ahead of time about what war would bring. See {585882}. Sherman was one of the first American military men to look at war without any of the romantic, patriotic, noble attributes that most others did.
Instructions to followers in revolting against the mulattoes
The Union government had resorted to printing Greenbacks {619940} to finance the war. However, that left two different U. S. currencies in circulation, and speculators soon began buying one and selling the other as the Greenback ‘market’ flourished or sank with the results of each battle. This caused substantial economic dislocation in the Northern Economy and was thought to be of great help to General Lee’s war effort. Lincoln had little charity toward the speculators.
James McBride is an American writer and musician. He is the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction for his novel The Good Lord Bird.
