Sickles the Incredible

Sickles the Incredible
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Publisher : Butternut & Blue
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 187966402X
ISBN-13 : 9781879664029
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Book Synopsis Sickles the Incredible by : W. A. Swanber

Download or read book Sickles the Incredible written by W. A. Swanber and published by Butternut & Blue. This book was released on 1991-06-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- A problem child for all his 94 years. -- A Tammany politician so involved with women that he worried even Tammany. -- A diplomat who insulted Queen Victoria. -- A presidential aspirant, then a killer tried for murder. -- The general who won (or almost lost) the battle of Gettysburg. -- The soldier who laid away his lost leg in a coffin. -- The butt of the most vicious abuse in American newspaper history. -- The Yankee ambassador who took over Spain, carried on an affair with the deposed Queen Isabella, finally lost his own political shirt. -- The genius who smashed Jay Gould's railroad conspiracy. -- The millionaire who went broke on women and Wall Street. -- The adventurer who was often wrong, often right, but never dull.


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