THE QUOTABLE NATHAN BEDFORE FORREST
SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS & SPEECHES OF THE CONFEDERACY’S MOST BRILLIANT CAVALRYMAN
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by Lochlainn Seabrook
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Though Nathan Bedford Forrest was not a writer, had little formal education, never authored a book, and was not a professional speaker, he did leave us with a number of witty comments, profound
words, and sublime statements. Award-winning author, Southern historian, and Forrest scholar Lochlainn Seabrook has gathered together some of the more memorable and impressive of these and
forged them into a small but fascinating work: The Quotable Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Among the nearly 140 footnoted quotes included here are Forrest’s thoughts on warfare, military rules, West Point graduates, education, friendship, and even drinking, gambling, cussing, and
morality. Seabrook, the author of the popular bestseller, A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest, has also included excerpts from newspaper interviews, Forrest’s postwar appearance
before the U.S. Joint Select Committee, and numerous examples of the General’s personal notes and letters and, of course, his military dispatches and reports. Much of what Forrest said was never
written down but was recorded from the memory of those who associated with him. Particularly poignant is the inclusion of Forrest’s black equal rights speech to the Independent Order of Pole
Bearers, the forerunner of the modern NAACP, chronicled by a local reporter.
From the General’s own words we learn that he was not an “illiterate inbred hillbilly,” a “monstrous racist,” or a “cruel and violent slave owner,” as the North and New South disingenuously continue to
preach. Quite the opposite. He was not only, as Confederate General Richard Taylor said of him, a “tender-hearted, kindly man,” he was also a true Southern gentleman, a fair and compassionate
Rebel officer, a successful businessman, and a faithful husband who loved children, protected women, and gave charitably to war veterans, orphans, and widows. A staunch supporter of both states’
rights and black civil rights, one who freed his slaves years before Abraham Lincoln issued his fraudulent Emancipation Proclamation, unlike the North, conservative Southerner Forrest stood firmly
behind our country’s most sacred document, the Constitution—before, during, and after Lincoln’s War.
The Quotable Nathan Bedford Forrest is a brief but important work that, like Seabrook’s many other books on the General, will introduce him to new readers, help destroy the numerous absurd and
slanderous Northern myths surrounding him, and bring him out of the shadows and into the mainstream of American history where he justly belongs. Obscured for the past 150 years, now discover
the real man for yourself - in his own words. Available in paperback and hardcover.
BOOK DETAILS
AUTHOR: Lochlainn Seabrook
CONTENT: adult nonfiction
SUBJECT: biography
ILLUSTRATED: yes (b/w)
SIZE: 5.5” x 8.5”
LENGTH: 130 pages
COVER: paperback/perfect bound/gloss finish; hardcover/case laminate/gloss finish
PUBLISHER: Sea Raven Press
ISBN: 978-0-9838185-5-7 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-943737-24-6 (hardcover)
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AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: "Nathan Bedford Forrest is one of
those characters in history who is constantly either misunderstood or
intentionally misinterpreted. As he has done in his previous works on
Forrest, Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook corrects the misinformation about
this great Confederate general, and in the best way possible - using
the general's own words. After reading this book, you will no longer
view Ol' Bedford as a mean racist, but as a true American hero." -
ANDREW MURDAUGH
